asfixia
Spanish, noun
asfixia is spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asfixia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “asphyxia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of asfixiar. With an accent, asfixiá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of asfixiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración”.
What does asfixia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasphyxia
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of asfixiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración. 2. Aniquilación de algo o grave impedimento de su existencia o desarrollo. 3. Sensación de agobio producida por el excesivo calor, el enrarecimiento del ambiente o por otras causas físicas o psíquicas.
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 asfixia
- asfixias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asfixia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asfixia in Spanish?
asfixia appears 2.3 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).