Italian

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Etymology

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From strozza (throat) +‎ -are; compare Piedmontese strossé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /strotˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stroz‧zà‧re

Verb

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strozzàre (first-person singular present stròzzo, first-person singular past historic strozzài, past participle strozzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also figurative, also hyperbolic) to choke, to strangle
    Synonyms: strangolare, soffocare
  2. to suffocate
  3. to constrict (a pipe, duct, passage, etc.)
  4. (figurative, by extension) to throttle
    • 2020 July 29, Jamie D'Alessandro, “Il Congresso mette sotto accusa i grandi dell'hi-tech: Amazon, Apple, Facebook e Google [Congress acusses the greats of hi-tech:Amazon, Apple Facebook and Google]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
      Dal commercio elettronico ai sistemi operativi per smartphone e ai suoi software, fino ai social network e ai motori di ricerca, la sotto commissione dell'antitrust vuol capire se stanno strozzando la concorrenza.
      From electronic commerce to smartphone operating systems and its software, to social networks and search engines, the antitrust sub-commission wants to know if they are throttling the competition.
  5. to put (someone) in grave financial difficulty due to usurious interest rates

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