esganar

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Galician

Etymology

Probably from es- (ex-) + cana (cane, windpipe), but influenced by ganir (to wail). Compare Catalan escanyar.

Pronunciation

Verb

esganar (first-person singular present esgano, first-person singular preterite esganei, past participle esganado)

  1. (transitive) to strangle (to squeeze someone’s throat)
    Synonyms: afogar, estrangular
  2. (transitive) to choke
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “caña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. esganar.

Portuguese

Etymology

es- + gana + -ar

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧ga‧nar

Verb

esganar (first-person singular present esgano, first-person singular preterite esganei, past participle esganado)

  1. to strangle (to squeeze someone’s throat)
    Synonyms: estrangular, enforcar

Conjugation