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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ɻ)/
Verb
engasgar (first-person singular present engasgo, first-person singular preterite engasguei, past participle engasgado)
- (intransitive, typically by solids) to choke (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
- (transitive, typically of solids) to choke (to obstruct the windpipe of)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
See also
- sufocar (gases or from something pressing the windpipe from outside)
- afogar (liquids)