strangle

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• /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ without æ-raising
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• Canada, US: /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/
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• Canada, US: [ˈstɹ̝̊weɪ̯ŋɡəl]
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• Canada, US: [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔weɪ̯ŋɡl̩]
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• Canada, US: /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)l/
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• Canada, US: [ˈstɹ̝̊wɛ̃ŋɡəl]
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• Canada, US: [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔wɛ̃ŋɡl̩]
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From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Azerbaijani: boğmaq — to kill someone by strangulation
• Basque: itota hil — to kill someone by strangulation
• Belarusian: душы́ць (dušýcʹ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Belarusian: прыдушы́ць (prydušýcʹ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Central Bikol: hugot — to kill someone by strangulation
• Bulgarian: удушавам (udušavam) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Catalan: estrangular — to kill someone by strangulation
• Catalan: escanyar — to kill someone by strangulation
• Chinese Mandarin: 扼殺 /扼杀 (èshā) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Chinese Mandarin: 勒死 (lèsǐ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Czech: uškrtit — to kill someone by strangulation
• Czech: dávit — to kill someone by strangulation
• Danish: kvæle — to kill someone by strangulation
• Dutch: wurgen — to kill someone by strangulation
• Dutch: worgen — to kill someone by strangulation
• Esperanto: strangoli — to kill someone by strangulation
• Finnish: kuristaa — to kill someone by strangulation
• French: étrangler — to kill someone by strangulation
• Galician: esganar — to kill someone by strangulation
• Galician: estrangular — to kill someone by strangulation
• Georgian: დაგუდვა (dagudva) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Georgian: გუდავს (gudavs) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Georgian: დახრჩობა (daxrčoba) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Georgian: ახრჩობს (axrčobs) — to kill someone by strangulation
• German: strangulieren — to kill someone by strangulation
• German: erwürgen — to kill someone by strangulation
• Greek: στραγγαλίζω (strangalízo) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ancient Greek: ἄγχω (ánkhō) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ancient Greek: στραγγαλίζω (strangalízō) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Hebrew: חנק (khanák) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Hebrew: חנק למוות (khanák lamávet) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Hungarian: megfojt — to kill someone by strangulation
• Hungarian: fojtogat — to kill someone by strangulation
• Indonesian: mencekik — to kill someone by strangulation
• Irish: tacht — to kill someone by strangulation
• Italian: strangolare — to kill someone by strangulation
• Japanese: 絞め殺す (shimekorosu) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Khmer: ច្របាច់ក (crɑbac kɑɑ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Khmer: ត្របែងក (trɑbaeŋ kɑɑ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Khmer: រឹតក (riit kɑɑ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Korean: 교살하다 (gyosalhada) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Northern Kurdish: fetisandin — to kill someone by strangulation
• Latin: angō — to kill someone by strangulation
• Latin: strangulō — to kill someone by strangulation
• Latin: suffōcō — to kill someone by strangulation
• Latin: offōcō — to kill someone by strangulation
• Lithuanian: pasmaugti — to kill someone by strangulation
• Māori: ronarona — to kill someone by strangulation
• Māori: nanati — to kill someone by strangulation
• Māori: tārona — to kill someone by strangulation
• Middle English: stranglen — to kill someone by strangulation
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīp-àh — to kill someone by strangulation
• Norman: êtranglyi — to kill someone by strangulation
• Old Church Slavonic: загрълꙗти (zagrŭljati) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Old English: āwyrġan — to kill someone by strangulation
• Old English: wyrgan — to kill someone by strangulation
• Portuguese: estrangular — to kill someone by strangulation
• Portuguese: sufocar — to kill someone by strangulation
• Quechua: sipiy — to kill someone by strangulation
• Russian: души́ть (dušítʹ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Russian: задуши́ть (zadušítʹ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Russian: придуши́ть (pridušítʹ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Scottish Gaelic: tachd — to kill someone by strangulation
• Scottish Gaelic: mùch — to kill someone by strangulation
• Serbo-Croatian: zadaviti — to kill someone by strangulation
• Slovak: zaškrtiť — to kill someone by strangulation
• Spanish: estrangular — to kill someone by strangulation
• Swahili: nyonga — to kill someone by strangulation
• Swedish: strypa — to kill someone by strangulation
• Tagalog: sumakal — to kill someone by strangulation
• Tagalog: manakal — to kill someone by strangulation
• Tagalog: sakalin — to kill someone by strangulation
• Thai: บีบคอ (bìip-kɔɔ) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Turkish: boğmak — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ukrainian: души́ти (dušýty) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ukrainian: задуши́ти (zadušýty) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Ukrainian: придуши́ти (prydušýty) — to kill someone by strangulation
• Unami: këpixkwèna — to kill someone by strangulation
• Vietnamese: bóp nghẹt — to kill someone by strangulation
• Welsh: tagu — to kill someone by strangulation
• Bulgarian: сподавям (spodavjam) — to stifle or suppress
• Chinese Mandarin: 抑制 (yìzhì) — to stifle or suppress
• Chinese Mandarin: 压制 (yāzhì) — to stifle or suppress
• Czech: potlačit — to stifle or suppress
• Dutch: onderdrukken — to stifle or suppress
• Hungarian: elfojt — to stifle or suppress
• Māori: nanati — to stifle or suppress
• Māori: natinati — to stifle or suppress
• Middle English: stranglen — to stifle or suppress
• Russian: подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) — to stifle or suppress
• Russian: подави́ть (podavítʹ) — to stifle or suppress
• Swahili: nyonga — to stifle or suppress
• Swedish: undertrycka — to stifle or suppress
• Ukrainian: приду́шувати (prydúšuvaty) — to stifle or suppress
• Ukrainian: придуши́ти (prydušýty) — to stifle or suppress