verb/aoˈɡaɾ/
to drown (kill by immersion in water); to stifle; to suffocate (suffer or die from severely reduced oxygen); to drown (be suffocated in water)
“Me ahogo en esta habitación tan pequeña y tan caliente.” — I'm suffocating in this room so small and so hot.
Synonyms: asfixiar, sofocar
Inherited from Old Spanish afogar, from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. Compare Portuguese afogar.