escanyar

From es- +‎ canya (“reed”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kaˈɲaɾ]

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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, pronominal) to choke
3. (figurative, transitive) to loan money at exorbitant rates

• “escanyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “escanyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “escanyar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007