sufocar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- asphyxiate verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
- strangle verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
Senses
sufocar is used for these senses in English:
- asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- choke (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- choke (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
asphyxiate — full definition
- verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- verb To be smothered or suffocated.
choke — full definition
- verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
- verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
- noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.