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1 ahogarse
1 to be drowned, drown2 (sofocarse) to choke, suffocate■ me estoy ahogando de calor the heat's stifling, I can't breathe in this heat3 (motor) to flood* * *VPR1) [en agua] [accidentalmente] to drown; [suicidándose] to drown o.s.no hay que regar tanto las plantas, porque se ahogan — you shouldn't water the plants so much, they'll get waterlogged
2) (=asfixiarse)a) [por falta de aire]b) [por el calor] to suffocateme ahogo de calor — I'm suffocating with this heat, the heat is stifling
c) [con humo, espina] to choke ( con on)3) (=agobiarse)4) (Aut) [motor] to flood* * *(v.) = drownEx. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.* * *(v.) = drownEx: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
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■ahogarse verbo reflexivo
1 (en líquido) to drown, be drowned
2 (faltar el aire) to suffocate
3 (un motor) to be flooded
♦ Locuciones: figurado ahogarse en un vaso de agua, to make a mountain out of a molehill
' ahogarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vaso
- ahogar
- asfixiar
- fatigar
English:
drown
- stifle
- choke
- flood
- suffocate
* * *vpr1. [en el agua] to drown;ahogarse en un vaso de agua to make a mountain out of a molehill2. [asfixiarse] to suffocate;el paciente se ahogó en su propio vómito the patient choked on his own vomit3. [de calor] to be stifled;me estoy ahogando de calor I'm suffocating in this heat4. [fuego, llama] to go out* * *v/r1 en agua drown;ahogarse en un vaso de agua fig fam get in a state over nothing, make a mountain out of a molehill3 ( asfixiarse) suffocate4 AUTO flood* * *vr
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