estrangular

From Latin strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).

• Hyphenation: es‧tran‧gu‧lar

estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulei, past participle estrangulado)

1. to strangle

Borrowed from Latin strangulāre (“to strangle”), from Ancient Greek στραγγαλάω (strangaláō, “to strangle”), variant of στραγγαλίζω (strangalízō), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).

• IPA^(key): /estɾanɡuˈlaɾ/ [es.t̪ɾãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧tran‧gu‧lar

estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulé, past participle estrangulado)

1. (transitive) to strangle

   Synonym: ahorcar

• “estrangular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16