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to faigan

to faigan

9.9
To make up playful, imaginary things for fun
  • verb
  • Neologism
translation icon : inventar
  • As a child, she loved to faigan stories about magical lands and talking animals.

Examples

  • The artist would often faigan new games to entertain his friends during long evenings.

  • He encouraged his students to faigan their own characters for the school play.

  • Children often faigan stories during playtime.

  • I love to faigan new adventures for my kids.

  • As a child, she loved to faigan stories about magical lands and talking animals.

  • The artist would often faigan new games to entertain his friends during long evenings.

  • He encouraged his students to faigan their own characters for the school play.

Synonyms

to make believe
vsto faigan
17 3.8

Pretend something is real for fun or play

is about creating imaginary things rather than pretending they are real
to play pretend
vsto faigan
  • Baby Talk
4 2.9

Act as if you are someone or something imaginary

is used more widely, not limited to children's play
to fabular
vsto faigan
9.9

To tell or make up creative stories that teach a lesson

is more playful and not limited to telling structured fables

Antonyms

1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

How Imaginary

to fabricate
50 7.3
to make up
972 3.2
to faigan
  • Neologism
9.9
to think up
48 3.2
to invent
532 3.1

Surface Forms

faigan infinitive
faiganned past
faiganned past participle
faiganning present participle
faigans third person singular

Etymology

To faigan is to invent or create something playful; a helpful image is fay 'fairy' and gadget, so to faigan is to 'make something fairy-like' for fun.