sufocar

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sufocar

/su.fu.ˈkaɾ/ Portugal

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Do infinitivo latino suffocare.

verb sufocando · sufocado · sufoco · sufocas · sufoca · sufocamos

abafar
fazer perder a respiração

In English

stifle to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death b
asphyxiate to smother or suffocate someone
suffocate (transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake
choke be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
strangle to kill someone by strangulation
smother to suffocate

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@misc{sufocar_2026,
  title = {sufocar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/sufocar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}