he died of asphyxiation

to asphyxiate, to suffocate.

María ahogó al jefe de la pandilla Mary drowned the gang's leader.

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Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to asphyxiate, suffocate

► verbo pronominal asfixiarse

1 to asphyxiate, suffocate

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1. VT

1) (=ahogar) to suffocate; (Med, Jur) to asphyxiate

2) (=agobiar)

asfixiarse

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verbo transitivo

a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

asfixiarse v pron

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; ( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to death

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

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= 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.

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* asfixiar con gas = gas.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

asfixiarse v pron

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; ( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to death

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

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asfixiar [A1 ]

1 (ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate

murió asfixiado en el incendio he died of asphyxiation o suffocation in the fire

lo asfixió con una almohada she suffocated o smothered o asphyxiated him with a pillow

2 (agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

3 ‹industria/iniciativa› to strangle, stifle

1 (ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, suffocate; (por obstrucción de la traquea) to choke to death

tosía tanto que se asfixiaba he was coughing so much that he couldn't get his breath

abre 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 here

nos asfixiábamos de calor ( fam); we were suffocating in the heat, the heat was stifling

2 ( fam) (agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

está 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

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a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate;

◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, to suffocate;

◊ me asfixiaba de calor (fam) I was suffocating in the heat

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

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♦ vt

1. [ahogar] to asphyxiate, to suffocate;

murieron asfixiados they suffocated

2. [agobiar] to stifle;

este calor asfixia a cualquiera it's stiflingly hot

3. [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

♦ See also the pronominal verb asfixiarse

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v/t asphyxiate, suffocate

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asfixiar vt

: to asphyxiate, to suffocate, to smother

♦ See also the reflexive verb asfixiarse

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asfixiar vb to suffocate

1 asphyxiation, suffocation.

2 asphyxia, choking, suffocation, asphyxiation.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: asfixiar.

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► nombre femenino

1 asphyxia, suffocation, asphyxiation

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SF (=agobio) suffocation, asphyxiation; (Med) asphyxia

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a) (Med) asphyxia

b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation

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= suffocation, asphyxia.

Ex. Her article examines the problems of ' suffocation by the overproduction of information' and 'the withholding of information by new technologies'.

Ex. The book recommends asphyxia by plastic bag combined with the ingestion of lethal doses of certain drugs.

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a) (Med) asphyxia

b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation

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1 ( Med) asphyxia

muerte por asfixia death by asphyxia o asphyxiation o suffocation

la asfixia de las pequeñas empresas the strangulation of small businesses

2 ( fam) (agobio) suffocation

las ciudades pequeñas me producen una sensación de asfixia I find small towns suffocating o stifling

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3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

a) (Med) asphyxia, suffocation

b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation

a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate;

◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, to suffocate;

◊ me asfixiaba de calor (fam) I was suffocating in the heat

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

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asfixia nf

1. [por falta de oxígeno] asphyxiation, suffocation;

murió por asfixia she suffocated

2. [agobio] suffocation;

este calor me produce asfixia I'm suffocating in this heat

3. [económica]

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f asphyxiation, suffocation

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asfixia nf

: asphyxia, asphyxiation, suffocation

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

a) (Med) asphyxia, suffocation

b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation

a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate;

◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, to suffocate;

◊ me asfixiaba de calor (fam) I was suffocating in the heat

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

a) ( ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate;

◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation

b) ( agobiar) to suffocate, stifle

a) ( ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, to suffocate;

◊ me asfixiaba de calor (fam) I was suffocating in the heat

b) (fam) ( agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled

f death

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morte s.f.

1 death: morte prematura, premature death; morte lenta, improvvisa, slow, sudden death; morte dolorosa, painful death; morte apparente, catalepsy; morte per annegamento, per apoplessia, death by drowning, from apoplexy; (med.) morte in culla, SIDS; alla morte di suo padre tornò in Italia, on his father's death he returned to Italy; morire di morte naturale, violenta, to die a natural, a violent death; affrontare la morte, to face death; sfidare la morte, to challenge death; lottare con la morte, to struggle against death; augurare la morte a qlcu., to hope s.o. dies; ritardare la morte a qlcu., to postpone s.o.'s death; incontrare, trovare la morte, to meet one's death; venire a morte, (antiq.) to die (o to pass away); andare incontro a morte sicura, to face certain death; correre pericolo di morte, to run the risk of death; cercare la morte, to look for one's death; dare la morte a qlcu., to kill s.o.; darsi la morte, to commit suicide; essere vicino alla morte, to be near to death (o to be on the brink of death); fare una buona, una brutta morte, to die a good, a bad death; salvare qlcu. dalla morte, to rescue s.o. from death // morte eterna, eternal damnation // morte bianca, (per assideramento) death from exposure // (dir.) morte civile, civil death (o loss of civil rights), (estens.) (stato di emarginazione) being an outcast // (fig.) morte termica dell'universo, heat death of the universe // di morte, death (attr.), deathlike: atto di morte, death certificate; letto di morte, deathbed; pallore di morte, deathlike pallor; silenzio di morte, deathly silence; sentenza di morte, death sentence // a morte, to death, (mortalmente) mortally; condannare a morte, to condemn to death; mettere a morte qlcu., to put s.o. to death; a morte il traditore!, death to the traitor!; ferito a morte, mortally wounded; odiare a morte qlcu., (fam.) avercela a morte con qlcu., to hate s.o. like poison (o to have it in for s.o.); annoiarsi a morte, to be bored to death // fino alla morte, till death: fedele fino alla morte, faithful till death // finché morte non ci separi, till death us do part // in morte di, on the death of: un poema in morte di, a poem on the death of // in caso di morte, in case of death // in punto di morte, on the point of dying (o death) // è una questione di vita o di morte, it's a question (o case) of life or death // essere tra la vita e la morte, to be between life and death // morire la morte del giusto, to die peacefully // fare la morte del topo, to be crushed to death // quando mi ribaltai con la macchina vidi la morte in faccia, when the car turned over, I saw death staring me in the face (o I thought my end had come) // sembrare la morte in vacanza, (essere malridotti) to look like death warmed-up

2 (motivo di morte) death (anche fig.): quella figlia sarà la mia morte, that daughter of mine will be the death of me // avere la morte nell'anima, to be filled with anguish // con la morte nel cuore, heavy-hearted (o sick at heart)

3 (fig.) (fine, scomparsa) end, close: la morte di un regno, di una tradizione, the end of a reign, of a tradition; quel fallimento fu la morte della nostra società, that bankruptcy marked the end of our partnership

4 (caso di morte) death: registro delle morti, register of deaths; ci furono molte morti per annegamento l'estate scorsa, there were many deaths by drowning last summer; notificare una morte, to notify a death

5 (cuc.) (il miglior modo di cucinare) the best way of cooking: la morte del galletto è arrosto, the best way of cooking a spring chicken is to roast it.

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sostantivo femminile

1) death

2) fig. (fine, scomparsa) death

3) gastr.

4) a morte [picchiare, annoiare, spaventare, condannare] to death

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morte

/'mɔrte/

sostantivo f.

 1 death; morte per asfissia, strangolamento death by asphyxiation, strangulation; morte naturale, violenta natural, violent death; sul letto di morte on one's deathbed; in punto di morte at death's door, on the verge of death; trovare la morte in un incidente to die in an accident; alla morte di mio zio (in quel momento) on the death of my uncle; (poco dopo) after my uncle died; lottare fino alla morte to go down fighting, to fight to the death; è una questione di vita o di morte it's a matter of life or death; trovare la morte lett. to meet one's end; dare la morte a qcn. lett. to take sb.'s life; darsi la morte lett. to take one's own life

 2 fig. (fine, scomparsa) death

 3 gastr. la morte della lepre è in salmì the best way of cooking a hare is to jug it

 4 a morte [picchiare, annoiare, spaventare, condannare] to death; ferito a morte fatally injured; avercela a morte con qcn. to have it in for sb.; a morte il re! death to the king!

IDIOMS

avere la morte nel cuore to be sick at heart; brutto come la morte as ugly as sin; ad ogni morte di papa once in a blue moon; finché morte non ci separi till death do us part; piuttosto la morte! over my dead body! sembrare la morte in vacanza to look like death warmed up; non sapere di che morte si deve morire to know nothing about what will happen

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COMPOUNDS

morte apparente catalepsy; morte cerebrale brain death.

mort, e [mɔʀ, mɔʀt]

past participle of  mourir

1. adjective

dead ; [yeux] lifeless

• il est mort depuis deux ans he's been dead for two years

• mort au combat killed in action

• tu es un homme mort ! (inf) you're a dead man! (inf)

• la ville est morte le dimanche the town is dead on a Sunday

• je suis mort de fatigue ! I'm dead tired!

• il était mort de peur he was frightened to death

• ils étaient morts de rire they were doubled up with laughter

2. masculine noun

• les morts the dead

• il y a eu un mort one person was killed

• l'accident a fait cinq morts five people were killed in the accident

• fête des morts All Souls' Day

• c'est un mort vivant he's more dead than alive

• faire le mort to pretend to be dead ; ( = ne pas se manifester) to lie low

• il va y avoir des morts ! there will be casualties

3. feminine noun

• tu veux ma mort ? do you want to kill me or what? (inf)

• trouver la mort dans un accident to be killed in an accident

• souhaiter la mort de qn to wish sb were dead

• se donner la mort to take one's own life

• mourir de mort violente to die a violent death

• c'est une belle mort it is a good way to go

• à la mort de sa mère when his mother died

• il a vu la mort de près he has looked death in the face

• il n'y a pas eu mort d'homme no one was killed

• mort au tyran ! death to the tyrant!

• ça coûte 100 €, ce n'est pas la mort ! (inf) it's only 100 euros, it won't kill you (or me etc)! (inf)

• la mort dans l'âme with a heavy heart

• silence de mort deathly hush

• d'une pâleur de mort deathly pale

• engin de mort deadly weapon

► à mort

• lutte à mort fight to the death

• blessé à mort (dans un combat) mortally wounded ; (dans un accident) fatally injured

• mise à mort [de taureau] kill

• nous sommes fâchés à mort we're at daggers drawn

• il m'en veut à mort he hates me for it

• freiner à mort (inf) to jam on the brakes

4. feminine noun

morte dead woman

5. compounds

► mort subite du nourrisson sudden infant death syndrome

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nom féminin death

- mort cérébrale

- mort subite

- mort subite du nourrisson

- un mort vivant

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morte mɔʀ, mɔʀt participe passé mourir

1) ( sans vie) dead

2) ( très fatigué) half-dead

3) ( partie du corps) [dent] dead

4) ( sans activité) [quartier] dead; [saison] slack

nom masculin, féminin ( défunt) dead person, dead man/woman

nom masculin

1) ( victime) fatality

2) ( cadavre) body

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1. pp

mourir

2. adj

1) (= décédé) dead

2) fig

3. nm/f

1) (= défunt, cadavre) dead man (dead woman)

2) (= victime)

4. nm

CARTES dummy

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mort nf

1 ( d'être vivant) death; mortpar asphyxie/strangulation death by asphyxiation/strangulation; peu avant sa mort a short time before his/her death; mourir de mort naturelle to die of natural causes; mourir de sa belle mort to die peacefully in old age; mourir de mort violente to die a violent death; il a eu or connu une mort paisible he died peacefully; souhaiter or vouloir la mort de qn to wish sb dead; porter tout ça! tu veux ma mort? hum you want me to carry all this! are you trying to kill me, or what?; il n'y a pas eu mort d'homme lit there were no fatalities; ce n'est pas la mort! hum it won't kill you!; avoir une mort sur la conscience to have somebody's death on one's conscience; être à deux doigts de la mort to be at death's door; j'ai vu la mort de près I saw death close up; signer son arrêt de mort to sign one's death warrant; trouver la mort dans un accident to die in an accident; à la mort de mon oncle ( à partir de ce moment-là) on the death of my uncle; ( peu après) after my uncle died; se battre or lutter jusqu'à la mort to fight to the death; jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive [battre, torturer] to death; trouver la mort liter to die; donner la mort liter to kill; se donner la mort liter to kill oneself; être/mettre en danger de mort to be/to put [sb] in mortal danger; mettre qn à mort to put sb to death; mise à mort (de condamné, prisonnier) killing; ( de taureau) dispatch; (de système, d'entreprise) rundown; souffrir mille morts to die a thousand deaths; un engin de mort ( arme) a deadly weapon; (véhicule, invention) a deadly contraption; à mort le dictateur!, mort au dictateur! death to the dictator!; à mort [duel, lutte] to the death; [guerre] ruthless; [freiner, serrer] like mad○; [frapper, battre, lutter] to death; [blessé] fatally; blesser à mort to inflict a fatal injury; je leur en veux à mort○ I'll never forgive them; on est fâchés à mort○ we'll never have anything to do with each other again; ⇒ cheval, souffle;

2 (d'activité, étoile) death.

mort cérébrale brain death; mort clinique clinical death; mort subite sudden death; mort subite du nourrisson cot death GB, crib death US; un mort vivant one of the living dead; les morts vivants the living dead; tu as l'air d'un mort vivant you look like death warmed up GB ou over US.

être pâle comme la mort to be as pale as death; la mort dans l'âme with a heavy heart.

mort, morte

A pp ⇒ mourir.

B pp adj

1 ( sans vie) dead; être mort de faim fig to be starving; je suis morte de froid I'm freezing to death; il est mort de sommeil he's dropping with tiredness; il était comme mort he seemed dead; il est mort pour la danse he's lost to the world of dance; mort ou vif dead or alive; plus mort que vif half dead with fear; bouge pas ou t'es un homme mort! don't move or you're a dead man!; laisser qn pour mort to leave sb for dead; ⇒ rat;

2 ( très fatigué) half-dead;

3 ( partie du corps) [dent] dead; mes orteils sont comme morts my toes have gone numb; avoir le regard mort or les yeux morts to have no spark of life in one's eyes;

4 ( sans activité) dead; le quartier est mort le soir the area is dead in the evening; c'est mort ici! it's like a graveyard here!; c'est une période/saison morte pour le tourisme it's a slack time/season for tourism; eaux mortes stagnant water ¢; bras mort d'une rivière oxbow;

5 ( disparu) [civilisation] dead; [ville] lost; mon amour pour elle est mort my love for her is dead;

6 ○( hors d'usage) [appareil, batterie] dead.

C nm,f ( défunt) dead person, dead man/woman; faire dire une messe pour un mort to have a mass said for somebody who has died; les morts the dead; jour or fête des morts Relig All Souls' Day.

D nm

1 ( victime) fatality; il y a eu 12 morts there were 12 dead; il n'y a pas eu de morts there were no fatalities, nobody was killed; l'attentat n'a fait qu'un mort the attack claimed only one life○;

2 ( cadavre) body; faire la toilette du mort to lay out the body; faire le mort ( être immobile) to play dead; ( éviter les contacts) to lie low.

ne pas y aller de main morte not to pull any punches; être à la place du mort○ ( en voiture) to sit in the front passenger seat.

( féminin morte) [mɔr, mɔrt] participe passé

→ link=mourir mourir

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( féminin morte) [mɔr, mɔrt] adjectif

1. [décédé - personne] dead

[arbre, cellule, dent] dead

2. [en intensif]

3. [passé - amour, désir] dead ; [ - espoir] dead, buried, long-gone

4. [inerte - regard] lifeless, dull ; [ - quartier, bistrot] dead ; [ - eau] stagnant

5. (familier) [hors d'usage - appareil, voiture] dead

6. (familier) [épuisé]

7. GÉOGRAPHIE

la mer Morte the Dead Sea

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, morte [mɔr, mɔrt] nom masculin, nom féminin

[personne] dead person

c'est un mort vivant [mourant] he's at death's door

tu as intérêt à faire le mort (familier & figuré) you'd better lie low

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nom féminin

1. [décès] death

a. [une victime] somebody was killed

b. [plusieurs victimes] lives were lost

mort accidentelle [généralement] accidental death

a. natural death

b. DROIT death from natural causes

2. [économique] end, death

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à mort locution adjectivale

[lutte, combat] to the death

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à mort locution adverbiale

1. (familier) [en intensif]

2. [mortellement]

mettre un animal à mort to kill an animal

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de mort locution adjectivale

[silence, pâleur] deathly, deathlike

menace/pulsion de mort death threat/wish

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jusqu'à la mort locution adverbiale

jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive locution adverbiale

(humoristique) to the bitter end