soffocare
Meaning
- (transitive) to suffocate, stifle, choke, smother
- (figuratively, transitive) to choke back, choke down, suppress, silence, hush up, cover up, scotch
- (intransitive) to choke, suffocate, be stifled
Concepts
Synonyms
non dar corso
rompere il collo
strangolare con le mani
essere senza respiro
restare senza respiro
Translations
ersticken
sofocar
étouffer
sufocar
stikken
asfixiarFrequency
Hyphenated as
sof‧fo‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sof.foˈka.re/
Etymology
From Latin suffōcāre.
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