ahogar
/aoˈɡaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to stifle
🌊 From Latin offocare: ob (against) + fauces (throat), to choke the throat
Same family as English suffocate (sub + fauces). Sound hook: the h is silent, so it starts like a gasped ah! A drowning person gasps ah! and then the throat closes. Reflexive ahogarse means to drown or choke yourself.