esmagar
Significado (English)
- to crush, press
- to squeeze
- (figuratively) to oppress (politically or economically)
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/esmaˈɣaɾ/
Etimología (English)
In summary
Attested in 1500 (Juan Esmagado). Probably a derivative with the prefix es-, from Latin ex-, of maga (“guts of fish”), from Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”) and cognate of English maw. Alternatively, linked to a Vulgar Latin *exmagāre, from Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan) or Proto-Germanic *maganą, as with Portuguese esmagar. Cf. also Spanish amagar.
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