sofocar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- asphyxiate verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- overpower verb To defeat or subdue someone using greater strength or force.
- 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.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
Senses
sofocar is used for these senses in English:
- asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- overpower (transitive) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
- smother (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
- stifle (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
- suffocate (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
asphyxiate — full definition
- verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- verb To be smothered or suffocated.
overpower — full definition
- verb To defeat or subdue someone using greater strength or force.
- verb To be so strong or intense that it dominates everything else, especially a smell or feeling.