Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /stran.ɡoˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stran‧go‧là‧re

Verb edit

strangolàre (first-person singular present stràngolo, first-person singular past historic strangolài, past participle strangolàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to strangle, to choke, to throttle
  2. (figurative) to stifle, to strangle
  3. (nautical) to rack (cables) (to tie parallel cables tranversely with another cable)
  4. (nautical) to muzzle, to muffle (sails) (to tie a sail tightly with a cable to prevent it from catching the wind)

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Descendants edit

  • Esperanto: strangoli

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