ahogar
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verb
to drownkill by immersion in water
to stifle
to suffocatesuffer or die from severely reduced oxygen
to drownbe suffocated in water
Used in the library
- Tras la operación, tiene una pesadilla: sueña que se ahoga en el mar.After the operation she has a nightmare: she dreams she's drowning in the sea.A2Otra vez, por favor (2) — Once more, please (2) (A2)
- Durante una sesión, casi se ahoga porque le da un calambre en el estómago.During one session she almost drowns because she gets a cramp in her stomach.A2Otra vez, por favor (6) — Once more, please (6) (A2)
- El niño casi se ahoga en la piscina, pero su padre lo saca a tiempo.The boy almost drowns in the pool, but his father pulls him out in time.A2Otra vez, por favor (10) — Once more, please (10) (A2)
- Al final enumera a los que murieron, y cómo: sacrificados en el Templo Mayor, ahogados en el lago, de flechas, de enfermedad, o simplemente "de su muerte", es decir, de viejos.At the end he lists those who died, and how: sacrificed at the Templo Mayor, drowned in the lake, by arrows, of disease, or simply "of their own death", that is to say, of old age.C1Bernal Díaz y la Conquista — Bernal Díaz and the Conquest
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