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ahogar

to drown, to suffocate, to stall, to flood

a o ˈɡ a ɾ
verb Rare #39,903
to drown, to suffocate Often used with a person or animal as the object.
SP: No quiero ahogar al pez.
EN: I don’t want to drown the fish.
to stall, to flood Used of a car or engine, often reflexively.
SP: El motor se puede ahogar si aceleras demasiado.
EN: The engine can stall if you accelerate too much.
Conjugation of ahogar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third ahogó —
Past
ahogado
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First ahogo —
Second ahogas —
Third ahoga —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First ahogo —
Second ahogas —
Third ahoga —
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Second ahogarás —
Third ahogará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Second ahogarás —
Third ahogará —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second ahoga —

Ya podemos ahogar a los rusos.

We can now drown the Russians.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Nos quiere ahogar.

He wants to drown us.

— Bajocero (2021)

¿Se intenta ahogar ella misma?

Is she trying to drown herself?

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Que había tomado drogas y había intentado ahogar a mi hijo.

That he had taken drugs and had tried to drown my son.

— La Empleada (2025)

Su carro se va a ahogar.

Your car is going to stall.

— Un día de furia (1993)

Nina Winchester intentó ahogar a su hijo en la bañera.

Nina Winchester tried to drown her son in the bathtub.

— La Empleada (2025)

¡El animal se va a ahogar!

The animal is going to drown!

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

El niño sabe nadar, así que no se va a ahogar en el agua.

The boy knows how to swim, so he won’t drown in the water.

Sounds similar to

ahorrar a o ˈr a ɾ rogar r o ˈɡ a ɾ