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enforcar.

to hang (to kill by suspension from the neck)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.fohˈka(h)]Brazil/ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.fohˈka(h)]Brazil
  1. to hang (to kill by suspension from the neck)

    transitive
  2. to strangle (to kill by squeezing the throat)

    transitive
  3. to sell something for a low price

    transitive · vulgar
  4. to kill yourself by hanging

    pronominal
  5. to get in bad shape

    figuratively · pronominal
  6. to suffer great damage

    figuratively · pronominal
  7. to sacrifice yourself

    figuratively · pronominal
  8. to get married

    colloquial · pronominal
  9. to not work on a business day between holidays or between a holiday and a weekend

    Brazil · intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Portuguese forca Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese enforcar From en- + forca (“gallows”) + -ar.

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