sofocar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre. Compare English suffocate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sofoˈkaɾ/ [so.foˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: so‧fo‧car === Verb === sofocar (first-person singular present sofoco, first-person singular preterite sofoqué, past participle sofocado) to suffocate, to stifle, to smother to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “sofocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025