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estrangular
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧tran‧gu‧lar
Verb
estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulei, past participle estrangulado)
- to strangle
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “estrangular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “estrangular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strangulāre (“to strangle”), from Ancient Greek στραγγαλάω (strangaláō, “to strangle”), variant of στραγγαλίζω (strangalízō), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).
Pronunciation
Verb
estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulé, past participle estrangulado)
- (transitive) to strangle
- Synonym: ahorcar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “estrangular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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