How do you say “to miss” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say caga, chica, manca, menti, peca. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | caga, chica, manca, menti, peca |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
caga
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to miss, to fail, to collapse, to back off, to fail |
chica
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to eat heartily, to crunch, to miss, to gobble |
manca
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to miss, to fall short (of the hour), to offend, to fail; to almost do; missed; failed |
| Feminine | mancado |
| Variants | mancado |
menti
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lie, to miss |
peca
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to make a fault in a game, to miss, to sin, to sin (relig) |