ahogarse

ahogarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to be drowned, drown

■ se cayó al río y se ahogó he fell into the river and drowned

2 (sofocarse) to choke, suffocate

■ me estoy ahogando de calor the heat's stifling, I can't breathe in this heat

3 (motor) to flood

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VPR

1) [en agua] [accidentalmente] to drown; [suicidándose] to drown o.s.

se les ahogó el hijo en una piscina — their son drowned in a swimming pool

no hay que regar tanto las plantas, porque se ahogan — you shouldn't water the plants so much, they'll get waterlogged

- ahogarse en un vaso de agua

2) (=asfixiarse)

a) [por falta de aire]

subió la cuesta ahogándose — she climbed the hill gasping for breath

si subo las escaleras deprisa me ahogo — if I go up the stairs too quickly I get out of breath

b) [por el calor] to suffocate

me ahogo de calor — I'm suffocating with this heat, the heat is stifling

c) [con humo, espina] to choke (con on)

3) (=agobiarse)

me ahogo en los ascensores — I get claustrophobic in lifts

se ahoga en un mar de indecisiones — she is drowning in a sea of indecision

4) (Aut) [motor] to flood

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(v.) = drown

Ex. 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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(v.) = drown

Ex: 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

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vpr

1. [en el agua] to drown;

Comp

ahogarse en un vaso de agua to make a mountain out of a molehill

2. [asfixiarse] to suffocate;

el paciente se ahogó en su propio vómito the patient choked on his own vomit

3. [de calor] to be stifled;

me estoy ahogando de calor I'm suffocating in this heat

4. [fuego, llama] to go out

5. Aut [motor] to flood

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ahogarse

v/r

1 en agua drown;

ahogarse en un vaso de agua fig fam get in a state over nothing, make a mountain out of a molehill

2 con comida choke

3 (asfixiarse) suffocate

4 AUTO flood

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