Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre. Compare English suffocate.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /sofoˈkaɾ/ [so.foˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧fo‧car
sofocar (first-person singular present sofoco, first-person singular preterite sofoqué, past participle sofocado)
- to suffocate, to stifle, to smother
- to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch
Intentábamos sofocar la rebelión antes de que empezara.- We were trying to quell the rebellion before it started.
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sofocar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive sofocar
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dative
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sofocarme
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sofocarte
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sofocarle, sofocarse
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sofocarnos
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sofocaros
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sofocarles, sofocarse
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accusative
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sofocarme
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sofocarte
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sofocarlo, sofocarla, sofocarse
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sofocarnos
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sofocaros
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sofocarlos, sofocarlas, sofocarse
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with gerund sofocando
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dative
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sofocándome
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sofocándote
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sofocándole, sofocándose
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sofocándonos
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sofocándoos
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sofocándoles, sofocándose
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accusative
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sofocándome
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sofocándote
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sofocándolo, sofocándola, sofocándose
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sofocándonos
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sofocándoos
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sofocándolos, sofocándolas, sofocándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative sofoca
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dative
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sofócame
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sofócate
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sofócale
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sofócanos
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not used
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sofócales
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accusative
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sofócame
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sofócate
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sofócalo, sofócala
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sofócanos
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not used
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sofócalos, sofócalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative sofocá
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dative
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sofocame
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sofocate
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sofocale
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sofocanos
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not used
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sofocales
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accusative
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sofocame
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sofocate
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sofocalo, sofocala
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sofocanos
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not used
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sofocalos, sofocalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative sofoque
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dative
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sofóqueme
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not used
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sofóquele, sofóquese
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sofóquenos
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not used
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sofóqueles
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accusative
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sofóqueme
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not used
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sofóquelo, sofóquela, sofóquese
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sofóquenos
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not used
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sofóquelos, sofóquelas
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with first-person plural imperative sofoquemos
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dative
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not used
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sofoquémoste
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sofoquémosle
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sofoquémonos
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sofoquémoos
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sofoquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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sofoquémoste
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sofoquémoslo, sofoquémosla
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sofoquémonos
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sofoquémoos
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sofoquémoslos, sofoquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative sofocad
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dative
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sofocadme
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not used
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sofocadle
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sofocadnos
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sofocaos
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sofocadles
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accusative
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sofocadme
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not used
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sofocadlo, sofocadla
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sofocadnos
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sofocaos
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sofocadlos, sofocadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative sofoquen
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dative
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sofóquenme
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not used
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sofóquenle
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sofóquennos
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not used
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sofóquenles, sofóquense
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accusative
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sofóquenme
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not used
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sofóquenlo, sofóquenla
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sofóquennos
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not used
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sofóquenlos, sofóquenlas, sofóquense
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