escanyar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From es- + canya (“reed”) + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
escanyar (first-person singular present escanyo, first-person singular preterite escanyí, past participle escanyat)
- (transitive) to choke, to strangle
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke
- (figurative, transitive) to loan money at exorbitant rates
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of escanyar (first conjugation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “escanyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “escanyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “escanyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.