Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

soffocare in English:

1. choke choke


Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.
You have to pace yourself or you'll choke halfway through.
He almost choked on his whiskey at the throat.
Children can choke on peanuts.
You'll need both hands to choke a goblin.
The mother of the bride almost choked on her salmon sandwich.
Anakin Skywalker began using Force chokes while he was still in his youth as a Jedi.
Try not to choke on that apple
She choked to ​death on a ​fish ​bone
The definition of choke is to cut off oxygen, to be unable to breath. hen you swallow wrong and you cannot breathe, this is an example of when you choke. After a little while, he choked out a few words.
if you choke, you feel as though you cannot breathe
the smog here is awful – you have to wear a mask or you’d choke on the fumes
Children can choke on peanuts. He was eating a steak nad a piece got stuck in his throat. He's choking.
Ruth almost choked on a mouthful of cake.
Carol couldn't choke back her tears.

2. to suffocate


The men tried to suffocate him with a pillow.
I remember him trying to suffocate me under the bedcovers.

English word "soffocare"(to suffocate) occurs in sets:

500 most important Italian verbs 451 - 475

3. to stamp out



English word "soffocare"(to stamp out) occurs in sets:

CAE 851 - 875

4. swelter


It's sweltering today.
The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms.

5. stifle


she clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse
He was stifled by the smoke
stifle a laugh
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
thick smoke may stifle you in seconds; to stifle the creativity of students and teachers
to stifle dissent
When he fell over, I had to stifle a laugh.
I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger
Too many regulations stifle innovation
think most of what they say is hilarious and I’m not going to stifle in a
Why do you stifle me so by complaining?
She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.

6. smother


A woman was accused of smothering her son.
The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.
They smothered the fire
He had tried to commit suicide twice by starving himself until hospitalized, and when returned home had begged his parents to smother him in his sleep.