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To drown in Spanish 🇪🇸


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to drown ahogar
How to say “to drown” in Spanish? “Ahogar”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “ahogar” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to drown in Spanish like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the verb:
• Notice that “ahogar” sounds like “a hog,” so imagine water “hogging” all your space and making it impossible to breathe.
• Relate “ahogar” with sensations of suffocation—even when you’re swimming, if you panic, you might feel like you're being drowned or smothered.

Explanations:
• “Ahogar” means “to drown” in the physical sense (when water prevents breathing) or “to stifle/smother” in a figurative way (e.g., emotions or sounds being overwhelmed).
• The verb comes from Latin influences that relate to overwhelming or submerging.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• Sofocar – to stifle or smother.
• Asfixiar – to asphyxiate.
• In some contexts, “ahogar” can also relate to “apagar” (to extinguish) when used figuratively.

Conjugations of "ahogar":

Infinitive: ahogar

Indicative Present:
 yo ahogo
 tú ahogas
 él/ella/usted ahoga
 nosotros/nosotras ahogamos
 vosotros/vosotras ahogáis
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahogan

Past (Preterite):
 yo ahogué
 tú ahogaste
 él/ella/usted ahogó
 nosotros/nosotras ahogamos
 vosotros/vosotras ahogasteis
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahogaron

Imperfect:
 yo ahogaba
 tú ahogabas
 él/ella/usted ahogaba
 nosotros/nosotras ahogábamos
 vosotros/vosotras ahogabais
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahogaban

Future:
 yo ahogaré
 tú ahogarás
 él/ella/usted ahogará
 nosotros/nosotras ahogaremos
 vosotros/vosotras ahogaréis
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahogarán

Conditional:
 yo ahogaría
 tú ahogarías
 él/ella/usted ahogaría
 nosotros/nosotras ahogaríamos
 vosotros/vosotras ahogaríais
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahogarían

Present Subjunctive:
 yo ahogue
 tú ahogues
 él/ella/usted ahogue
 nosotros/nosotras ahoguemos
 vosotros/vosotras ahoguéis
 ellos/ellas/ustedes ahoguen

Examples of sentences:
• "El nadador casi se ahoga en el mar."
 Translation: "The swimmer almost drowned in the sea."
• "No dejes que el estrés te ahogue."
 Translation: "Don't let stress overwhelm you."
• "Durante la inundación, muchas personas quedaron ahogadas."
 Translation: "During the flood, many people were drowned."

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