electrocute
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/, /əˈlektrəkjuːt/
Verb [edit]
electrocute (third-person singular simple present electrocutes, present participle electrocuting, simple past and past participle electrocuted)
- (transitive) To cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock.
- He was electrocuted for his crimes.
- (informal) To inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally.
Usage notes [edit]
Formally, the words electrocute and electrocution always imply fatality. Informally, however, these terms are rather often used to refer to serious but nonfatal electric shocks. Strictly correct usage is to reserve electrocute and electrocution for fatal electric shocks, and to use shock or electric shock for nonfatal ones.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock
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to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
electrocute (infinitive electrocutar)
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of electrocutar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of electrocutar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of electrocutar.
Categories:
- English words prefixed with electro-
- English verbs
- English informal terms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
