estrangular
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧tran‧gu‧lar
=== Verb ===
estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulei, past participle estrangulado)
to strangle
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=== Further reading ===
“estrangular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estrangular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin strangulāre (“to strangle”), from Ancient Greek στραγγαλάω (strangaláō, “to strangle”), variant of στραγγαλίζω (strangalízō), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /estɾanɡuˈlaɾ/ [es.t̪ɾãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧tran‧gu‧lar
=== Verb ===
estrangular (first-person singular present estrangulo, first-person singular preterite estrangulé, past participle estrangulado)
(transitive) to strangle
Synonym: ahorcar
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=== Further reading ===
“estrangular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025