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
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”.
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
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)