ahorcar

v.

1 to hang.

ahorcar los hábitos to give up the cloth, to leave the clergy

2 to choke.

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ahorcar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to hang

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FRASEOLOGÍA

se ahorcó con el cinturón he hanged himself with his belt

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verb

to hang

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1.

VT to hang

a la fuerza ahorcan — there is no alternative

¡que me ahorquen! — cross my heart!

2.

See:

ahorcarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to hang

este cuello me ahorca — this collar's choking me

2.

ahorcarse v pron (refl) to hang oneself

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= hang.

Ex. Stroud was convicted in May, 1916, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged.

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1.

verbo transitivo to hang

este cuello me ahorca — this collar's choking me

2.

ahorcarse v pron (refl) to hang oneself

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= hang.

Ex: Stroud was convicted in May, 1916, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged.

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ahorcar [A2 ]

vt

to hang

que me ahorquen si lo entiendo (ant o hum); damn me o blow me if I can understand it (colloq), I'm hanged o darned if I can understand it (dated)

este cuello me ahorca this collar's choking me

■ ahorcarse

v pron

(refl) to hang oneself

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ahorcar (conjugate ahorcar) verbo transitivo
to hang
ahorcarse verbo pronominal (refl) to hang oneself
ahorcar verbo transitivo to hang
'ahorcar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorcarse
- colgar
- colgarse
English:
hang

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ahorcar

♦ vt

1. [colgar] to hang

2. [dejar]

ahorcar los hábitos to give up the cloth, to leave the clergy

♦ See also the pronominal verb ahorcarse

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ahorcar

v/t hang

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ahorcar {72} vt

: to hang, to kill by hanging

♦ See also the reflexive verb ahorcarse

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ahorcar vb to hang [pt. & pp. hanged]