strozzare
Meaning
- (also, excessive, figuratively, transitive) to choke, to strangle
- (transitive) to suffocate
- (transitive) to constrict (a pipe, duct, passage, etc.)
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to throttle
- (transitive) to put (someone) in grave financial difficulty due to usurious interest rates
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Frequency
Hyphenated as
stroz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/strotˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology
From strozza (“throat”) + -are; compare Piedmontese strossé.
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