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Estrangul (m)

(with) definite article: el
plural: Estrangulos; (with) definite article: los
(the) throttle
Pajuela

According to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española [RAE; Royal Spanish Academy], "a cane or metal tube, placed in some wind instruments to put it in the mouth and play"; According to García-Oliva an obsolete "cultured" term; NB: The verb "estrangular" translates as "to strangle, throttle, choke".

Sources

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.162.

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Dictionaries, &c.

Diccionario de la lengua española, I (a/g), II (h/z). Real Academia Española, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 2006 (22/5th printing)

Vox: Diccionario general ilustrado de la lengua española. Barcelona, 1976 (2/2, corregida)

Vox: Diccionario manual Inglés-Español || Español-Inglés. Barcelona, 1987 (17/2)