asfixian in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for asfixian in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.asfixiar VB trans

1. asfixiar (ahogar):

asfixiar

to asphyxiate

asfixiar

to suffocate

murió asfixiado en el incendio

he died of asphyxiation o suffocation in the fire

lo asfixió con una almohada

she suffocated o smothered o asphyxiated him with a pillow

2. asfixiar (agobiar):

asfixiar

to suffocate

asfixiar

to stifle

3. asfixiar industria/iniciativa:

asfixiar

to strangle

asfixiar

to stifle

II.asfixiarse VB vpr

1. asfixiarse:

asfixiarse (ahogarse)

to be asphyxiated

asfixiarse (ahogarse)

to suffocate

asfixiarse (por obstrucción de la traquea)

to choke to death

tosía tanto que se asfixiaba

he was coughing so much that he couldn't get his breath

abre la ventana, aquí se asfixia uno inf

open the window, it's suffocating in here o it's stifling in here o you can't breathe in here

nos asfixiábamos de calor inf

we were suffocating in the heat

nos asfixiábamos de calor inf

the heat was stifling

2. asfixiarse inf (agobiarse):

asfixiarse

to suffocate

asfixiarse

to feel stifled

está asfixiada de trabajo

she's snowed under with work inf

asfixiado por el peso de la deuda externa

strangled o stifled by the burden of its foreign debt

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

los asfixian con gas

they gas them

Translations for asfixian in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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asphyxiate

asfixiar

suffocate

asfixiar

smother person

asfixiar

gas (kill)

asfixiar con gas

choke person/animal

asfixiar

asfixian in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for asfixian in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.asfixiar VB trans

asfixiar (persona)

to suffocate

asfixiar (humo, gas)

to asphyxiate

II.asfixiar VB refl

asfixiar asfixiarse:

asfixiarse

to suffocate

Translations for asfixian in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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asphyxiate

asfixiar

suffocate

asfixiar

gas

asfixiar con gas