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tañer

/taˈɲeɾ/

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verb/taˈɲeɾ/

to play (an instrument); to ring (a bell); to strum; to touch

Quiero la alegría de un barco volviendo / Y mil campanas de gloria tañendo / Para brindar la noche de mi amorI want the joy of a boat returning / And one thousand bells of glory ringing / To toast the night of my love

Synonyms: rasguear, tocar

Inherited from Latin tangere, tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Doublet of tangir, a learned borrowing.