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ahogar

ahogar

Spanish

Verb

ahogar (first-person singular present ahogo, first-person singular preterite ahogué, past participle ahogado)

  1. (transitive) to drown (kill by immersion in water)
  2. (transitive) to stifle
  3. (reflexive) to suffocate (suffer or die from severely reduced oxygen)
    Me ahogo en esta habitación tan pequeña y tan caliente - "This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating"
  4. (reflexive) to drown (be suffocated in water)
    Muchos animales se ahogaron en la inundación - "Many animals were drowned in the flood"

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  • Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

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