strangulation

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2. (countable, uncountable) The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

Conceptos

estrangulación

Sinónimos

choking

strangling

throttling

suffocation

smothering

gripe

hanging

squeeze

tightening

being choked

asphyxia

squeezing the throat

clasp

clench

constriction

garrotte

Traducciones

strangulation

étranglement

estrangulació

Strangulierung

strangolamento

estrangulação

Strangulation

στραγγαλισμός

strozzamento

worging

estrangulamento

σφίξιμο

περίσφιξη

Erwürgung

pendaison

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.