- YIDDISH PHRASE
- [זיך] צוגאַנגען
Phrase Entry
ENGLISH TRANSLATION(S)
to break up with someone
EXAMPLE(S)
גױ אַלדרעדס נאָענטקײט צו די קאָמוניסטן און אױך פּערזענליכע סיבות האָבן געפֿירט דערצו, װאָס ער און ראָוז זײנען זיך צעגאַנגען.
NOTES
First I thought it means "to be at odds with someone" but now I think it means "to break away from someone". because if you leave your partner you "go" different ways. Dropping the prefix "tsu" leads to "gangen" which is MAYBE the preterite of "geyn". Following that, maybe it is "zikh tsugeyen" in present tense. Quoted from FA''S May 1973, p.6.
Yes, agreed. זיך צוגאַנגען is to "split up" or "went their separate ways."
11 May 2014, 12:50 am