ahogar
Meaning
- (transitive) to drown (kill by immersion in water)
- (transitive) to stifle
- (reflexive) to suffocate (suffer or die from severely reduced oxygen)
- (reflexive) to drown (be suffocated in water)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧ho‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aoˈɡaɾ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish afogar, from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. Compare Portuguese afogar.
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