strozzare

Meaning

  1. (also, excessive, figuratively, transitive) to choke, to strangle
  2. (transitive) to suffocate
  3. (transitive) to constrict (a pipe, duct, passage, etc.)
  4. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to throttle
  5. (transitive) to put (someone) in grave financial difficulty due to usurious interest rates

Frequency

48k
Hyphenated as
stroz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/strotˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology

From strozza (“throat”) + -are; compare Piedmontese strossé.

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