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Meaning of neco | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈnɛ.koː]

Definitions

  1. to kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger)
    conjugation-1
  2. to thwart, check
    conjugation-1, figuratively
  3. (transitive) to drown
    Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1

Equivalents

Afrikaans vermoor
Беларуская забіваць забі́ць
Български убивам
Bosanski leto matar
Català assassinar matar
Čeština zavraždit
Dansk dræbe myrde
Ελληνικά εκτελώ σκοτώνω
English assassinate kill slay take care of
Esperanto murdi
Español asesinar matar
Français assassiner occire slay slay slay tuer
עברית התנקש רצח
Hrvatski leto matar
Magyar öl
Հայերեն սպանել
Íslenska bana
日本語 暗殺する 殺す
Kurdî ol
Latviešu kaut
Nederlands doden vermoorden
Português assassinar matar
Română asasină omorî ucide
Русский убивать убить
Српски leto matar
Sesotho bolaya
Tagalog patayin
Türkçe öldürmek
Tiếng Việt ám sát

Examples

“aliquem igni necare”

to kill someone by fire (fire burning)

“aliquem ferro necare”

to kill someone by sword

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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