escanyar

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From es- +‎ canya (reed) +‎ -ar.

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escanyar (first-person singular present escanyo, first-person singular preterite escanyí, past participle escanyat)

  1. (transitive) to choke, to strangle
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke
  3. (figurative, transitive) to loan money at exorbitant rates

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