atragantar
Spanish, verb/atɾaɡanˈtaɾ/
atragantar is spelled A-T-R-A-G-A-N-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atragantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to choke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quedar atravesada alguna cosa en la garganta”.
What does atragantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to choke
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quedar atravesada alguna cosa en la garganta. 2. Apresurar, precipitar, hostigar, acosar, atormentar. 3. Cortar o turbar a uno en la conversación.
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 atragantar
- atraganto first-person present singular
- atraganté first-person preterite singular
- atragantado participle past
- atragantando gerund
- atragantada feminine participle past
- atragantados masculine participle past
- atragantadas feminine participle past
- atragantas indicative informal present
- atragantás indicative informal present
- atraganta indicative present singular
- atragantamos first-person indicative plural
- atragantáis indicative plural present
- atragantan indicative plural present
- atragantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atragantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atragantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atragantabais imperfect indicative plural
- atragantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atragantar?
- /atɾaɡanˈtaɾ/
- [a.t̪ɾa.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [at̪ɾaɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atragantar in Spanish?
atragantar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).