asfixia

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See also: asfixiá and asfíxia

Catalan

Verb

asfixia

  1. inflection of asfixiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

asfixia

  1. inflection of asfixiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French asphyxier.

Verb

a asfixia (third-person singular present asfixiează, past participle asfixiat) 1st conjugation

  1. to asphyxiate

Conjugation

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asˈfiɡsja/
  • Rhymes: -iɡsja
  • Syllabification: as‧fi‧xia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin asphyxia, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, stopping of the pulse), from ἀ- (a-, not) + σφύξις (sphúxis, pulse).

Noun

asfixia f (plural asfixias)

  1. (pathology) asphyxia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

asfixia

  1. inflection of asfixiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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