sofocar
Meanings
Verb
1. to suffocate, to stifle, to smother
2. to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch
Examples6
Intentábamos sofocar la rebelión antes de que empezara.
We were trying to quell the rebellion before it started.
El calor me está sofocando.
The heat is stifling to me.
Yo pensé que me iba a sofocar en el tren lleno de gente.
I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.
Tom sofocó a Mary con una almohada de plumas.
Tom suffocated Mary with a feather pillow.
¿Qué pasiones no puede suscitar o sofocar la música?
What passions cannot music raise or quell?
Los bomberos tuvieron que movilizarse rápidamente para sofocar el fuego.
The firefighters had to mobilize quickly to put the fire out.