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Italian
Etymology
From Latin suffōcāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sof.foˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sof‧fo‧cà‧re
Verb
soffocàre (first-person singular present sòffoco, first-person singular past historic soffocài, past participle soffocàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to suffocate, stifle, choke, smother
- Synonym: spegnere
- (transitive, figurative) to choke back, choke down, suppress, silence, hush up, cover up, scotch
- Synonyms: reprimere, zittire, mettere a tacere
- (intransitive) to choke, suffocate, be stifled
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References
- soffocare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana