afogar
Portuguese, verb/a.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
afogar is spelled A-F-O-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afogar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to drown (die or nearly die by staying underwater)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “matar alguém por afogamento, asfixia ou estrangulamento”.
What does afogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drown (die or nearly die by staying underwater)
Quase me afoguei na piscina.
- 2
to drown (kill or try to kill someone by keeping them underwater)
Uns rapazes tentaram me afogar na praia.
- 3
to drink heavily, to drown oneself in
Queria me afogar em vodka.
- 4
to choke (have something blocking one’s airway)
Minha avó se afogou com um osso.
- 5
to hold back (an expression or speech)
Procure afogar o sorriso no funeral.
- 6
to hold back; to contain (prevent from growing)
O governo conseguiu afogar a revolução.
- 7
to choke (activate a vehicle’s choke valve)
Se o carro não ligar, afogue o motor.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. matar alguém por afogamento, asfixia ou estrangulamento 2. privar da respiração 3. sufocar, asfixiar, estrangular 4. refogar, chegar ao fogo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afogar
- afogo first-person present singular
- afoguei first-person preterite singular
- afogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- afogares infinitive second-person singular
- afogarmos first-person infinitive plural
- afogardes infinitive plural second-person
- afogarem infinitive plural third-person
- afogando gerund
- afogados masculine participle past
- afogada feminine participle past
- afogadas feminine participle past
- afogas indicative present second-person
- afoga indicative present singular
- afogamos first-person indicative plural
- afogais indicative plural present
- afogam indicative plural present
- afogava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afogar?
- Brazil /a.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.foˈɡa(h)]
- /a.foˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afogar in Portuguese?
afogar appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).