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apercollar.

to grab someone by the neck

10 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/[a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ]/apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/[a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ]
  1. to grab someone by the neck

    colloquial · transitive
  2. to extort (something)

    Ecuador · colloquial · transitive
  3. to hug (someone) passionately

    Colombia · Costa-Rica · Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama · colloquial · transitive
  4. to hug and kiss passionately

    Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama · colloquial · reciprocal
  5. to steal (something)

    El-Salvador · Guatemala · Panama · colloquial · transitive
  6. to kill (someone) with a strike on the nape

    colloquial · obsolete · transitive
  7. to snatch (something), especially stealthily

    colloquial · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin per collum (“by the neck”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.