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sofocar

/sofoˈkaɾ/ verb C1
  1. to suffocate, to stifle, to smother
  2. to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch · Intentábamos sofocar la rebelión antes de que empezara. We were trying to quell the rebellion before it started.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
sofocar
Gerund
sofocando
Past participle
sofocado
Present (yo)
sofoco
Preterite (yo)
sofoqué

From the library

Ninguno queréis sofocar las ansias
Libro de poemas, p. 19 · C1
El problema estaba resuelto; esa misma noche tomé el más fuerte de mis cobertores, una de esas pesadas cobijas tucumanas que sofocan sin abrigar, la amarré debajo de mi cama, de las cuatro puntas y cubriendo el artificio con los anchos pliegues de mi colcha, esperé la mañana.
Juvenilia, p. 14 · C1
—Medio sofocado, grité desde la puerta: "¡Roque!
Juvenilia, p. 53 · C1

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