strangolare
Meaning
- (transitive) to strangle, to choke, to throttle
- (figuratively, transitive) to stifle, to strangle
- (transitive) to rack (cables) (to tie parallel cables tranversely with another cable)
- (transitive) to muzzle, to muffle (sails) (to tie a sail tightly with a cable to prevent it from catching the wind)
Concepts
hang someone
break the neck
Synonyms
strangolare con le mani
punire con un laccio
punire con una frusta
appendere per il collo
rompere il collo
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
stran‧go‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stran.ɡoˈla.re/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).
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