sufocar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquí, past participle sufocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to suffocate
  2. (transitive) to stifle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sufocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive sufocar
gerund sufocant
past participle masculine feminine
singular sufocat sufocada
plural sufocats sufocades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present sufoco sufoques sufoca sufoquem sufoqueu sufoquen
imperfect sufocava sufocaves sufocava sufocàvem sufocàveu sufocaven
future sufocaré sufocaràs sufocarà sufocarem sufocareu sufocaran
preterite sufoquí sufocares sufocà sufocàrem sufocàreu sufocaren
conditional sufocaria sufocaries sufocaria sufocaríem sufocaríeu sufocarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present sufoqui sufoquis sufoqui sufoquem sufoqueu sufoquin
imperfect sufoqués sufoquessis sufoqués sufoquéssim sufoquéssiu sufoquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — sufoca sufoqui sufoquem sufoqueu sufoquin
negative (no) — no sufoquis no sufoqui no sufoquem no sufoqueu no sufoquin

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: su‧fo‧car

Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquei, past participle sufocado)

  1. to choke, stifle
  2. to suffocate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sufocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal sufocar
Personal sufocar sufocares sufocar sufocarmos sufocardes sufocarem
Gerund
sufocando
Past participle
Masculine sufocado sufocados
Feminine sufocada sufocadas
Indicative
Present sufoco sufocas sufoca sufocamos sufocais sufocam
Imperfect sufocava sufocavas sufocava sufocávamos sufocáveis sufocavam
Preterite sufoquei sufocaste sufocou sufocamos1, sufocámos2 sufocastes sufocaram
Pluperfect sufocara sufocaras sufocara sufocáramos sufocáreis sufocaram
Future sufocarei sufocarás sufocará sufocaremos sufocareis sufocarão
Conditional sufocaria sufocarias sufocaria sufocaríamos sufocaríeis sufocariam
Subjunctive
Present sufoque sufoques sufoque sufoquemos sufoqueis sufoquem
Imperfect sufocasse sufocasses sufocasse sufocássemos sufocásseis sufocassem
Future sufocar sufocares sufocar sufocarmos sufocardes sufocarem
Imperative
Affirmative sufoca sufoque sufoquemos sufocai sufoquem
Negative (não) não sufoques não sufoque não sufoquemos não sufoqueis não sufoquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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