to drown
I was about to drown.
No quiero ahogarme salvando una mierda que podría haber escrito mi abuela.
I don't want to drown trying to save a piece of crap that my grandmother could have written.
— Love Actually (2003)
Estuve a punto de ahogarme al intentar rescatar a un chico.
I almost drowned while trying to rescue a boy.
De niño, estuve a punto de ahogarme en un estanque.
As a child, I almost drowned in a pond.
— Vivir (1952)