Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: strangoli

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