Meanings (ES + gloss)
babilla
The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sofocar
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.
afogar • reprimir • sofocar • suprimir
To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
The army stifled the rebellion.
asfixiarse
To die of suffocation.
Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday’s fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.