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1 asfixiar
v.to asphyxiate, to suffocate.María ahogó al jefe de la pandilla Mary drowned the gang's leader.* * *1 to asphyxiate, suffocate1 to asphyxiate, suffocate* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=ahogar) to suffocate; (Med, Jur) to asphyxiatese confirma que la víctima fue asfixiada — it has been confirmed that the victim was suffocated o asphyxiated
este humo nos asfixia — this smoke is asphyxiating o suffocating us
2) (=agobiar)el pequeño pueblo la asfixiaba — village life was suffocating o stifling her
tanto trabajo lo asfixia — all this work is getting on top of him o getting to him o getting him down
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocatemurió asfixiado — he died of asphyxiation o suffocation
b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle2.asfixiarse v prona) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; ( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to deathaquí se asfixia uno — (fam) it's suffocating in here
me asfixiaba de calor — (fam) I was suffocating in the heat
b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled* * *= smother, suffocate, stifle.Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.Ex. The United Nations has been accused of 'drowning in its own words and suffocating in its own documentation'.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.----* asfixiar con gas = gas.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocatemurió asfixiado — he died of asphyxiation o suffocation
b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle2.asfixiarse v prona) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; ( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to deathaquí se asfixia uno — (fam) it's suffocating in here
me asfixiaba de calor — (fam) I was suffocating in the heat
b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled* * *= smother, suffocate, stifle.Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
Ex: The United Nations has been accused of 'drowning in its own words and suffocating in its own documentation'.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.* asfixiar con gas = gas.* * *asfixiar [A1 ]vt1 (ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocatemurió asfixiado en el incendio he died of asphyxiation o suffocation in the firelo asfixió con una almohada she suffocated o smothered o asphyxiated him with a pillow2 (agobiar) to suffocate, stifle3 ‹industria/iniciativa› to strangle, stifle1 (ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; (por obstrucción de la traquea) to choke to deathtosía tanto que se asfixiaba he was coughing so much that he couldn't get his breathabre la ventana, aquí se asfixia uno ( fam); open the window, it's suffocating in here o it's stifling in here o you can't breathe in herenos asfixiábamos de calor ( fam); we were suffocating in the heat, the heat was stifling2 ( fam) (agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifledestá asfixiada de trabajo she's snowed under with work ( colloq)asfixiado por el peso de la deuda externa strangled o stifled by the burden of its foreign debt* * *
asfixiar ( conjugate asfixiar) verbo transitivo
◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation
asfixiarse verbo pronominal
( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to death;
asfixiar vtr, asfixiarse verbo reflexivo to asphyxiate, suffocate
' asfixiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asfixiarse
- sofocar
- ahogar
English:
asphyxiate
- gas
- smother
- suffocate
- choke
* * *♦ vt1. [ahogar] to asphyxiate, to suffocate;murieron asfixiados they suffocated2. [agobiar] to stifle;este calor asfixia a cualquiera it's stiflingly hot3. [económicamente] to cripple;tuvo que cerrar porque las deudas lo asfixiaban he had to close down because he was crippled by debt;las nuevas medidas van a asfixiar a la pequeña empresa the new measures will cripple small businesses* * *v/t asphyxiate, suffocate* * *asfixiar vt: to asphyxiate, to suffocate, to smother* * *asfixiar vb to suffocate
См. также в других словарях:
asfixiar — verbo transitivo 1. Producir (una cosa) asfixia o agobio [a una persona o un animal]: El gas tóxico lo asfixió. Anabel cerró el negocio porque las deudas la asfixiaban. Sinónimo: ahogar. verbo pronominal … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
