soffocare
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Italian
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Inherited from Latin suffōcāre .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]soffocàre (first-person singular present sòffoco , first-person singular past historic soffocài , past participle soffocàto , auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere )
- (transitive ) to suffocate, stifle, choke, smother
- Synonym: spegnere
- (transitive , figurative ) to choke back, choke down, suppress, silence, hush up, cover up, scotch
- (intransitive ) to choke, suffocate, be stifled [auxiliary essere ]
Conjugation
[edit ] Conjugation of soffocàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "soffocare", in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
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