sufocá

to suffocate, to choke

→ sufocar
verb · subjunctive Rare #37,908
to suffocate, to choke Colloquial spoken form of "sufocar" (often representing pronunciation like "sufocá" in informal speech).
PO: Se eu ficar muito tempo aqui, eu vou sufocá.
EN: If I stay here too long, I'm going to suffocate.
Conjugation of sufocar
Subjunctive
sufocá

Quando um jovem húngaro dá um beijo na namorada, pode sufocá-la.

When a young Hungarian man kisses his girlfriend, he might suffocate her.

Eu beijo meu rival, mas é para sufocá-lo.

I kiss my rival, but it's to suffocate him.

Vou sufocá-lo com um travesseiro.

I'm going to suffocate him with a pillow.

— O Poço (2019)

Precisa sufocá-las assim?

Do you have to suffocate them like that?

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

Vai sufocá-lo.

It will suffocate him.

— Hamnet: A Vida Antes de Hamlet (2025)