sofocar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre. Compare English suffocate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sofoˈkaɾ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧fo‧car

Verb

sofocar (first-person singular present sofoco, first-person singular preterite sofoqué, past participle sofocado)

  1. to suffocate, to stifle, to smother
  2. to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch
    Intentábamos sofocar la rebelión antes de que empezara.
    We were trying to quell the rebellion before it started.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sofocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sofocar
gerund sofocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sofocado sofocada
plural sofocados sofocadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sofoco sofocastú
sofocásvos 		sofoca sofocamos sofocáis sofocan
imperfect sofocaba sofocabas sofocaba sofocábamos sofocabais sofocaban
preterite sofoqué sofocaste sofocó sofocamos sofocasteis sofocaron
future sofocaré sofocarás sofocará sofocaremos sofocaréis sofocarán
conditional sofocaría sofocarías sofocaría sofocaríamos sofocaríais sofocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sofoque sofoquestú
sofoquésvos2 		sofoque sofoquemos sofoquéis sofoquen
imperfect
(ra) 		sofocara sofocaras sofocara sofocáramos sofocarais sofocaran
imperfect
(se) 		sofocase sofocases sofocase sofocásemos sofocaseis sofocasen
future1 sofocare sofocares sofocare sofocáremos sofocareis sofocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sofocatú
sofocávos 		sofoque sofoquemos sofocad sofoquen
negative no sofoques no sofoque no sofoquemos no sofoquéis no sofoquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sofocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive sofocar dative sofocarme sofocarte sofocarle, sofocarse sofocarnos sofocaros sofocarles, sofocarse
accusative sofocarme sofocarte sofocarlo, sofocarla, sofocarse sofocarnos sofocaros sofocarlos, sofocarlas, sofocarse
with gerund sofocando dative sofocándome sofocándote sofocándole, sofocándose sofocándonos sofocándoos sofocándoles, sofocándose
accusative sofocándome sofocándote sofocándolo, sofocándola, sofocándose sofocándonos sofocándoos sofocándolos, sofocándolas, sofocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sofoca dative sofócame sofócate sofócale sofócanos not used sofócales
accusative sofócame sofócate sofócalo, sofócala sofócanos not used sofócalos, sofócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sofocá dative sofocame sofocate sofocale sofocanos not used sofocales
accusative sofocame sofocate sofocalo, sofocala sofocanos not used sofocalos, sofocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sofoque dative sofóqueme not used sofóquele, sofóquese sofóquenos not used sofóqueles
accusative sofóqueme not used sofóquelo, sofóquela, sofóquese sofóquenos not used sofóquelos, sofóquelas
with first-person plural imperative sofoquemos dative not used sofoquémoste sofoquémosle sofoquémonos sofoquémoos sofoquémosles
accusative not used sofoquémoste sofoquémoslo, sofoquémosla sofoquémonos sofoquémoos sofoquémoslos, sofoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sofocad dative sofocadme not used sofocadle sofocadnos sofocaos sofocadles
accusative sofocadme not used sofocadlo, sofocadla sofocadnos sofocaos sofocadlos, sofocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sofoquen dative sofóquenme not used sofóquenle sofóquennos not used sofóquenles, sofóquense
accusative sofóquenme not used sofóquenlo, sofóquenla sofóquennos not used sofóquenlos, sofóquenlas, sofóquense

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