Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaʒˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaʒˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡazˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡazˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡɐʒˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡɐʒˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡɐʒˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.ɡɐʒˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: en‧gas‧gar

Verb

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engasgar (first-person singular present engasgo, first-person singular preterite engasguei, past participle engasgado)

  1. (intransitive, typically by solids) to choke (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
  2. (transitive, typically of solids) to choke (to obstruct the windpipe of)

Conjugation

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See also

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  • sufocar (gases or from something pressing the windpipe from outside)
  • afogar (liquids)