Meanings (ES + gloss)
ahogador • cebador • estrangulador
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
estrangulamiento
In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
Phrases
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
ahogarse • atarugarse • atorarse • atragantarse • engolliparse • sofocarse
To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
Lenore began to choke with the fine dust and to feel her eyes smart and to see it settle on her hands and dress.
aforcar • ahorcar • asfixiar • enforcar (desus.) • enhorcar (desus.) • estrangular
To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder:
cruzazulear
To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
“I can’t say that I choked on those match points,” Williams said. “She literally played her best tennis ever on those shots.”
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