WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| stifled adj | (yawn, sob, laugh, etc: held back) | tillbakahållen adj |
| | (bildlig) | kvävd adj |
| | Stifled yawns from the audience suggested the speech had gone on for too long. |
| stifled adj | (suffocated) | kvävd adj |
| | (oftast bildlig) | strypt adj |
| | The stifled victim was found following a police search. |
| stifled adj | figurative (suppressed) (bildlig) | kvävd adj |
| | | förträngd adj |
| | The journalist hoped to uncover the hitherto stifled truth. |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| stifle [sth]⇒ vtr | (yawn, sob, laugh, etc: hold back) (bildlig) | kväva vtr |
| | | undertrycka vtr |
| | | hålla tillbaka vtr + prep |
| | Halfway through the sermon I began to stifle yawns. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | (suffocate) | kväva vtr |
| | The murderer stifled his victim with a pillow. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | figurative (suppress) (bildlig) | kväva vtr |
| | | kuva vtr |
| | | undertrycka vtr |
| | The government's trying to stifle the democracy movement. |
| stifle⇒ vi | (be suffocated) | kvävas vitr |
| | | strypas vitr |
| Anmärkning: Often used in continuous tenses. |
| | Nerys was stifling in her thick sweater, so she took it off. |
| stifle vi | (lack fresh air) (bildlig) | vara kvävande vitr + adj |
| | | vara kvavt vitr + adj |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
stifle,
stifle joint,
stifle-joint n | (animal's leg joint) (anatomi) | knäskål s |
| | The X-ray shows a problem with the horse's stifle. |