to death · very, extremely, as hell, no end
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, morte. · so as to cause death · to death
köken: Literally, “to death”. Compare French à mort.
🔊 condannare a morte
🔊 sparare a morte qualcuno
🔊 annoiato a morte
Rusça 🔊 до́ смерти , о́чень си́льно , смерте́льно
to death
köken: From Late Old Swedish ihiäl, from Early Old Swedish i hæl, from Old Norse í hel (“to the netherworld”) (see hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō), cognate with Danish ihjel and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.
🔊 slå ihjäl
🔊 hugga ihjäl
🔊 frysa ihjäl
to death (a great degree)
köken: Literally, “to death”.
Attached to verbs to indicate a deadly physical force: to death. · Attached to verbs to express exaggeration: to an excessive degree.
köken: From agy (“brain”) + -on (superessive suffix), literally “on [the] brain”.
🔊 agyon- + lő (“to shoot”) → agyonlő (“to shoot dead”)
🔊 agyon- + üt (“to hit”) → agyonüt (“to strike dead”)
🔊 agyon- + un (“to be bored of”) → agyonunja magát (“to be bored to death”)
to death · to death (to a great degree)
eş: til døde
köken: From late Old Danish i hæl, from Old Norse í hel (“to the netherworld”). Compare Swedish ihjäl and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.
🔊 slå ihjel – kill, literally: beat to death
🔊 slå sig ihjel – lose one's life, be killed
🔊 slå tiden ihjel – kill time (make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important)