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Etymology
From es- + canya (“reed”) + -ar.
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Verb
escanyar (first-person singular present escanyo, first-person singular preterite escanyí, past participle escanyat)
- (transitive) to choke, to strangle
- (intransitive, pronominal) to choke
- (figurative, transitive) to loan money at exorbitant rates
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