sufocar

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.fuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [su.foˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [su.foˈkaɾ]

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sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquí, past participle sufocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to suffocate
2. (transitive) to extinguish, quench (a fire)
   1. (transitive, by extension) to stifle, quell or suppress (a tumult or rebellion)
3. (transitive) to embarrass or humiliate somebody

• sufocació

• “sufocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sufocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sufocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sufocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

• Hyphenation: su‧fo‧car

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquei, past participle sufocado)

1. to choke, stifle
2. to suffocate

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sufocar.

• “sufocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sufocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026