estrangular
/estɾanɡuˈlaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to strangle
🪢 es-trangular = strangle, with the Spanish e- added before s
Both words come from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalē, a cord or halter. Spanish adds an e- before an initial s plus consonant (as in escuela, estudiar), so strangle becomes estrangular.