esmagar

Significado (Inglés)

to crush (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)

Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/iz.maˈɡa(ʁ)/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Probably from Old Occitan esmaiar (compare also Old French esmaier), from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from Latin ex- + *magāre (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”). Compare Spanish amagar. Cognate with English dismay.

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