asfixiar

From asfixia +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.fik.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [as.fik.siˈaɾ]

asfixiar (first-person singular present asfixio, first-person singular preterite asfixií, past participle asfixiat)

1. (transitive) to asphyxiate, suffocate
   • 1953, Josep Pla, Les hores:

     En el meu llibre El vent de garbí he parlat llargament de la rotació dels vents seguint el camí del sol: el gregal del matí arrossegant sobre els seus lloms tritons i sirenes, cargols d'escuma, lluïssors rutilants, olor de pinassa, posant frescor de verd en les persianes; el xaloc petitet —el xaloquet de la Crònica de Muntaner— asfixiat pel sol meridià; el llebeig o garbí de l'hora de posar l'arròs a taula.

     In my book The southwest wind I spoke at length about the rotation of the winds following the path of the sun: the northeast wind of morning dragging over its loins tritons and sirens, spirals of foam, sparking brightness, the scent of pine needles, putting the freshness of greenery in the blinds; the small sirocco--the "xaloquet" of the Chronicle of Muntaner--asphyxiated by the midday sun; the southwest wind of the hour when rice is set on the table.

• asfixiant

• “asfixiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From asfixia +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: as‧fi‧xi‧ar

asfixiar (first-person singular present asfixio, first-person singular preterite asfixiei, past participle asfixiado)

1. (transitive) to choke (prevent someone from breathing)

   Synonym: estrangular

• asfixiante

• “asfixiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “asfixiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “asfixiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “asfixiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “asfixiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “asfixiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From asfixia +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /asfiɡˈsjaɾ/ [as.fiɣ̞ˈsjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: as‧fi‧xiar

asfixiar (first-person singular present asfixio, first-person singular preterite asfixié, past participle asfixiado)

1. (transitive) to asphyxiate, suffocate

• “asfixiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024