asfixiar
verbo transitivo
1 (ahogar) to suffocate; (Med) (Jur) to asphyxiate
asfixió a la víctima con un cojín he suffocated the victim with a cushion; se confirma que la víctima fue asfixiada it has been confirmed that the victim was suffocated o asphyxiated; este humo nos asfixia this smoke is asphyxiating o suffocating us; este calor seco me asfixia this dry heat is suffocating; los asfixiaron con gas tóxico they gassed them (to death); la asfixió bajo el agua he drowned her
verbo pronominal
asfixiarse1 (ahogarse) to suffocate; asphyxiate
me asfixio con tanto humo all this smoke is suffocating me; murieron asfixiados en el incendio they suffocated (to death) o asphyxiated in the fire