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esmagar.

to crush (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

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  1. to crush (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)

Where this word comes from

Probably from Old Occitan esmaiar (compare also Old French esmaier), from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from Latin ex- + *magāre (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”). Compare Spanish amagar. Cognate with English dismay.

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