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hang verb

  /hæŋ/
  • (intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  • (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
 colgar, ahorcar
  • (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
 colgar, colgarse
  • (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
 colgarse, colgar
caer
  • (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
 colgar

hanging noun

  /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
  • (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
  • (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
 ahorcamiento

hanging adjective

  /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
  • Suspended.
 colgante, suspendido, colgandero, colgando, pensil, pénsil
hang on
aguantar, guardar
hang up
colgar, cortar
hang out
hanguear, janguear, pasar el rato, pasar el tiempo, pavear
hang glider
ala delta
hang out to dry
desamparar
hang by a thread
pender de un hilo
hang gliding
ala delta, aerodeslizador
hang in the balance
pender de un hilo
give a dog a bad name and hang him
por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron
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