- asfixia
- f.1 asphyxiation, suffocation.2 asphyxia, choking, suffocation, asphyxiation.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: asfixiar.* * *asfixia► nombre femenino1 asphyxia, suffocation, asphyxiation* * *noun f.asphyxia, suffocation* * *SF (=agobio) suffocation, asphyxiation; (Med) asphyxia* * *femeninoa) (Med) asphyxia
muerte por asfixia — death by asphyxia o suffocation
b) (fam) (agobio) suffocationlas ciudades me producen una sensación de asfixia — I find towns suffocating o stifling
* * *= 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.* * *femeninoa) (Med) asphyxiamuerte por asfixia — death by asphyxia o suffocation
b) (fam) (agobio) suffocationlas ciudades me producen una sensación de asfixia — I find towns suffocating o stifling
* * *= 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.* * *asfixiafeminine1 (Med) asphyxiamuerte por asfixia death by asphyxia o asphyxiation o suffocationla asfixia de las pequeñas empresas the strangulation of small businesses2 (fam) (agobio) suffocationlas ciudades pequeñas me producen una sensación de asfixia I find small towns suffocating o stifling* * *
Del verbo asfixiar: (conjugate asfixiar)
asfixia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
asfixia
asfixiar
asfixia sustantivo femeninoa) (Med) asphyxia, suffocationb) (fam) (agobio) suffocation
asfixiar (conjugate asfixiar) verbo transitivoa) (ahogar) to asphyxiate, suffocate;◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocationb) (agobiar) to suffocate, stifle
asfixiarse verbo pronominala) (ahogarse) to be asphyxiated, to suffocate;
(por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to death;◊ me asfixiaba de calor (fam) I was suffocating in the heatb) (fam) (agobiarse) to suffocate, feel stifled
asfixia sustantivo femenino asphyxiation, suffocation
asfixiar vtr, asfixiarse verbo reflexivo to asphyxiate, suffocate
'asfixia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiarse
- ahogada
- ahogado
- opresión
English:
asphyxiation
- suffocation
* * *asfixia nf1. [por falta de oxígeno] asphyxiation, suffocation;murió por asfixia she suffocated2. [agobio] suffocation;este calor me produce asfixia I'm suffocating in this heat3. [económica]la alta fiscalidad produce la asfixia de las empresas high taxes are crippling business* * *asfixiaf asphyxiation, suffocation* * *asfixia nf: asphyxia, asphyxiation, suffocation
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.