angoixar

Catalan

Etymology

From angoixa + -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

angoixar (first-person singular present angoixo, first-person singular preterite angoixí, past participle angoixat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to distress, to cause anguish
    • 2016 October, “"Als Testimonis de Jehovà els preocupa més un gai que un pederasta"”, in El Periódico:
      Em sentia espantat, angoixat davant la possibilitat que fos veritat que m’havia posseït el dimoni.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become distressed, anguished

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