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
life-or-death (having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous) · to death (that cannot last longer or be more intense)
köken: Literally, “for death and life”.
dead, to death (into being dead due to some action)
köken: The translative singular of kuolla (“to die”) + -ias (*kuolias, which does not exist as an independent adjective).
aile: puolikuoliaaksi
🔊 ampua kuoliaaksi
🔊 jäätyä kuoliaaksi
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)
to the death · forever, always
köken: Literally, “till death”