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ahogar

/aoˈɡaɾ/

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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.