# sufocar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [su.fuˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [su.foˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [su.foˈkaɾ]

### Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquí, past participle sufocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to suffocate
* (transitive) to stifle

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | sufocar | sufocar | sufocar | sufocar | sufocar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | sufocant | sufocant | sufocant | sufocant | sufocant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | sufocat | sufocat | sufocada | sufocada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | sufocats | sufocats | sufocades | sufocades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | sufoco | sufoques | sufoca | sufoquem | sufoqueu | sufoquen |
| indicative | imperfect | sufocava | sufocaves | sufocava | sufocàvem | sufocàveu | sufocaven |
| indicative | future | sufocaré | sufocaràs | sufocarà | sufocarem | sufocareu | sufocaran |
| indicative | preterite | sufoquí | sufocares | sufocà | sufocàrem | sufocàreu | sufocaren |
| indicative | conditional | sufocaria | sufocaries | sufocaria | sufocaríem | sufocaríeu | sufocarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | sufoqui | sufoquis | sufoqui | sufoquem | sufoqueu | sufoquin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | sufoqués | sufoquessis | sufoqués | sufoquéssim | sufoquéssiu | sufoquessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | sufoca | sufoqui | sufoquem | sufoqueu | sufoquin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no sufoquis | no sufoqui | no sufoquem | no sufoqueu | no sufoquin |

#### Related terms

* sufocació

### Further reading

* “sufocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sufocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “sufocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sufocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /su.foˈka(ʁ)/ [su.foˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /su.foˈka(ʁ)/ [su.foˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /su.foˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /su.foˈka(ʁ)/ [su.foˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /su.foˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.fuˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.fuˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /su.fuˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: su‧fo‧car

### Verb

sufocar (first-person singular present sufoco, first-person singular preterite sufoquei, past participle sufocado)
* to choke, stifle
* to suffocate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sufocar.