ahogar
Spanish, verb/aoˈɡaɾ/
ahogar is spelled A-H-O-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahogar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drown (kill by immersion in water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impedir que una persona o animal respirar, por ejemplo agarrándole la garganta o metiéndolo en el agua…”.
What does ahogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drown (kill by immersion in water)
- 2
to stifle
- 3
to suffocate (suffer or die from severely reduced oxygen)
Me ahogo en esta habitación tan pequeña y tan caliente.
- 4
to drown (be suffocated in water)
Muchos animales se ahogaron en la inundación.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impedir que una persona o animal respirar, por ejemplo agarrándole la garganta o metiéndolo en el agua, generalmente causándole la muerte. 2. Causar daño a una planta o semilla por regarla en exceso, juntarla muy estrechamente con otras o por dejarla cerca de otras plantas dañinas. 3. Extinguir o apagar un fuego con elementos para dificultar la combustión. 4. Arrojar agua a la cal para apagarla.
verb: 1. Variante anticuada de rehogar
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ahogar
- ahogo first-person present singular
- ahogué first-person preterite singular
- ahogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- ahogando gerund
- ahogada feminine participle past
- ahogados masculine participle past
- ahogadas feminine participle past
- ahogas indicative informal present
- ahogás indicative informal present
- ahoga indicative present singular
- ahogamos first-person indicative plural
- ahogáis indicative plural present
- ahogan indicative plural present
- ahogaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ahogabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ahogábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ahogabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ahogar?
- /aoˈɡaɾ/
- [a.oˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [aoˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ahogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ahogar in Spanish?
ahogar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).