impiccare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hang (kill by the neck)
  2. (broadly, rare, transitive) to hang (something) (up on something else)
  3. (excessive, transitive) to choke or suffocate
  4. (transitive) to saddle (someone) with difficulties

Synonyms

rompere il collo

strangolare con le mani

fare pendere

appendere per il collo

essere impiccato

Translations

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
im‧pic‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/im.pikˈka.re/
Etymology

From im- + *pikk- (“point, hook”, onomatopoeic) + -are.

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