WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| stifled adj | (yawn, sob, laugh, etc: held back) | ahogado/a adj |
| | Stifled yawns from the audience suggested the speech had gone on for too long. |
| stifled adj | (suffocated) | sofocado adj |
| | | ahogado/a adj |
| | The stifled victim was found following a police search. |
| stifled adj | figurative (suppressed) | reprimido/a adj |
| | The journalist hoped to uncover the hitherto stifled truth. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| stifle [sth]⇒ vtr | (yawn, sob, laugh, etc: hold back) | reprimir⇒ vtr |
| | | suprimir⇒ vtr |
| | Halfway through the sermon I began to stifle yawns. |
| | A la mitad del sermón empecé a reprimir los bostezos. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | (suffocate) | sofocar⇒ vtr |
| | | asfixiar⇒ vtr |
| | The murderer stifled his victim with a pillow. |
| | El asesino sofocó a su víctima con una almohada. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | figurative (suppress) | reprimir⇒ vtr |
| | | suprimir⇒ vtr |
| | The government's trying to stifle the democracy movement. |
| | El gobierno está tratando de reprimir el movimiento democrático. |
| stifle⇒ vi | (be suffocated) | sofocarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | ahogarse⇒ v prnl |
| Note: Often used in continuous tenses. |
| | Nerys was stifling in her thick sweater, so she took it off. |
| | Nerys se estaba sofocando en su grueso suéter, así que se lo quitó. |
| Additional Translations |
stifle,
stifle joint,
stifle-joint n | (animal's leg joint) | babilla nf |
| | The X-ray shows a problem with the horse's stifle. |
| | La radiografía muestra un problema con la babilla del caballo. |
| stifle vi | (lack fresh air) (figurado) | ahogarse⇒ v prnl |
| Note: Often used in continuous tenses. |
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