Polyglot Dictionary

ahorcar

/aoɾˈkaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
ahorco
preterite (yo)
ahorqué
past participle
ahorcado

Meaning

  1. to hang

    • Lo ahorcaron al alba.

      They hanged him at dawn.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

pender

ahorcar means to hang someone, to execute by hanging, transitive and violent; pender means to hang or dangle, intransitive, like an object hanging from a string.

colgar

colgar is the general, everyday word for "to hang," like hanging a picture or hanging up the phone; ahorcar specifically means to hang someone as an execution.

Practice

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