choke1

UK: /tʃəʊk/ US: /tʃoʊk/ [choked, choking]

Translation

v [i]

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⇨ atragantarse

I choked on a fish bone

Me atraganté con una espina

⇨ atorarse amér.

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⇨ ahogarse

He choked on the smoke

Se ahogaba con el humo

v [t]

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⇨ estrangular

› (tb choke up)

⇨ atascar

The pipe was choked with leaves

El tubo estaba atascado con hojas

■ constr. Se usa más en pasiva

→ to choke sth back [m]→ to choke (sb) up

(Definition of choke vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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