sufocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquí, past participle sufocat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to suffocate
  2. (transitive) to stifle

Conjugation

  • sufocació

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.foˈka(ʁ)/ [su.foˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.foˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.foˈka(ʁ)/ [su.foˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.foˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.fuˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.fuˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: su‧fo‧car

Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquei, past participle sufocado)

  1. to choke, stifle
  2. to suffocate

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sufocar.

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