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se ahoga

drowns

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drowns The third-person singular present form of ahogarse, used when someone is drowning or chokes. It can also be used figuratively for being overwhelmed.
SP: Si no sabe nadar, se ahoga.
EN: If he doesn't know how to swim, he drowns.

Quien bebe solo, se ahoga.

He who drinks alone drowns.

— Lazzaro feliz (2018)

Casi se ahoga.

He almost drowned.

Dicen que una rama es suficiente para dar esperanza a un hombre que se ahoga.

They say that a branch is enough to give hope to a drowning man.

— Dangal (2016)

El último mono siempre se ahoga.

The last monkey always drowns.

Grito, pero se ahoga en las risas de los demás.

I scream, but it's drowned out by the laughter of the others.

El que se ahoga?

The one who drowns?

— Anaconda (2025)

Se ahoga, esperamos unos minutos y ya.

He chokes, we wait a few minutes, and that's it.

— Ace Ventura, un detective diferente (1994)