strangolare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to choke, to throttle
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to stifle, to strangle
  3. (transitive) to rack (cables) (to tie parallel cables tranversely with another cable)
  4. (transitive) to muzzle, to muffle (sails) (to tie a sail tightly with a cable to prevent it from catching the wind)

Synonyms

strangolare con le mani

punire con un laccio

punire con una frusta

appendere per il collo

rompere il collo

Frequency

25k
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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