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/

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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10