Dizionario Italiano - Inglese

soffocare in inglese:

1. choke

Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.

You have to pace yourself or you'll choke halfway through.

He almost choked on his whiskey at the throat.

Children can choke on peanuts.

You'll need both hands to choke a goblin.

The mother of the bride almost choked on her salmon sandwich.

Anakin Skywalker began using Force chokes while he was still in his youth as a Jedi.

Try not to choke on that apple

She choked to death on a fish bone

The definition of choke is to cut off oxygen, to be unable to breath. hen you swallow wrong and you cannot breathe, this is an example of when you choke. After a little while, he choked out a few words.

if you choke, you feel as though you cannot breathe

the smog here is awful – you have to wear a mask or you’d choke on the fumes

Children can choke on peanuts. He was eating a steak nad a piece got stuck in his throat. He's choking.

Ruth almost choked on a mouthful of cake.

Carol couldn't choke back her tears.

2. to suffocate

The men tried to suffocate him with a pillow.

I remember him trying to suffocate me under the bedcovers.

Inglese parola "soffocare"(to suffocate) si verifica in set:

500 most important Italian verbs 451 - 475

3. to stamp out

Inglese parola "soffocare"(to stamp out) si verifica in set:

CAE 851 - 875

4. swelter

It's sweltering today.

The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms.

5. stifle

she clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse

He was stifled by the smoke

stifle a laugh

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

thick smoke may stifle you in seconds; to stifle the creativity of students and teachers

to stifle dissent

When he fell over, I had to stifle a laugh.

I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger

Too many regulations stifle innovation

think most of what they say is hilarious and I’m not going to stifle in a

Why do you stifle me so by complaining?

She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.

6. smother

A woman was accused of smothering her son.

The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.

They smothered the fire

He had tried to commit suicide twice by starving himself until hospitalized, and when returned home had begged his parents to smother him in his sleep.