choke on

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
choke on [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(have stuck in one's throat)	atragantarse con v prnl + prep
	The old man choked on his food and almost turned blue before the waiter arrived to help him.
	El hombre se atragantó con la comida y casi se pone azul antes de que llegara el mozo a ayudarlo.
		ahogarse con v prnl + prep
		atorarse con v prnl + prep
choke on [sth] vtr phrasal insep	figurative (be unable to say)	trabársele la lengua loc verb
	He didn't want to mess up the marriage proposal but was afraid that he'd choke on the words when the time came.
	No quería arruinar la propuesta de matrimonio pero tenía miedo de que se le trabara la lengua cuando llegara el momento.

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
choke⇒ vi	(have airway blocked)	ahogarse⇒ v prnl
		atragantarse⇒ v prnl
	Someone help that man, he's choking!
	Que alguien ayude a ese hombre: ¡se está ahogando!
choke on [sth] vi + prep	(have airway blocked by food)	atragantarse con v prnl + prep
		ahogarse con v prnl + prep
	Karen was choking on a hot dog.
	Karen se estaba atragantando con un perrito caliente.
choke [sb]⇒ vtr	(constrict [sb]'s breath)	asfixiar⇒ vtr
		sofocar⇒ vtr
		estrangular⇒ vtr
		ahorcar⇒ vtr
	The murderer killed his victim by choking her.
	El asesino mató a su víctima asfixiándola.
choke [sth]⇒ vtr	figurative (stop flow) (figurado)	cortar⇒ vtr
	The blockade has choked the supply of fuel and food to the area.
	El bloqueo ha cortado el suministro de gasolina y alimentos a todo el área.
choke n	(carburettor air control)	estrangulador nm
		estárter nm
		cebador nm
	(CL, CU)	ahogador nm
	Milly pulled out the choke and tried to start the engine again.
	Milly haló el estrangulador e intentó arrancar el motor de nuevo.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
choke⇒ vi	figurative, slang (fail to act)	ponerse nervioso v prnl + adj
		fallar⇒ vi
	When it was Jimmy's turn in the spelling bee, he choked.
	Cuando a Jimmy le tocó su turno en el concurso de ortografía, se puso nervioso.
choke [sth]⇒ vtr	(enrich fuel mixture)	tapar⇒ vtr
		obstruir⇒ vtr
		atascar⇒ vtr
choke [sth] vtr	US (sports: grip higher up) (béisbol)	acortar el agarre de loc verb + prep
	(NI)	acortar⇒ vtr
	Choke the bat a little more.
	Acorta un poco más el agarre del bate.
choke [sth] vtr	(stop growth or movement)	obstruir⇒ vtr
		atascar⇒ vtr
		cortar⇒ vtr
	The fallen tree is choking the flow of traffic.
	El árbol caído está obstruyendo el flujo del tráfico.

Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
choke [sth] back, choke back [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(suppress: emotion, words) (figurado)	tragarse⇒ v prnl
	Helen choked back a sob as she said goodbye to her colleagues.
choke [sth] down, choke down [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(eat with difficulty)	atragantarse⇒ vtr
		atorarse⇒ vtr
choke [sth] down, choke down [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(suppress: words, feelings) (figurado (palabras))	tragarse⇒ vtr
		aguantar⇒, soportar⇒ vtr
choke [sth] off, choke off [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative (restrict [sth] severely)	obstruir⇒ vtr
		cortar⇒ vtr
	We believe that the government's economic policy has choked off the recovery.
	Creemos que la política económica del gobierno ha obstruido la recuperación.
	(figurado)	ahogar⇒ vtr
choke up vi phrasal	(be emotional, unable to speak)	quedarse sin habla loc verb
		quedarse sin poder emitir palabra loc verb
	Barry choked up while thanking his colleagues for their retirement gift.

Compound Forms: choke \| ~~choke on~~
Inglés		Español
choke up on [sth] v expr	(baseball bat: hold higher up) (literal)	sostener el bate más alto loc verb
	The player claimed he had better control when he choked up on the bat.
choke back tears v expr	(suppress grief)	contener las lágrimas loc verb
	In a televised appeal for witnesses to come forward, the father of the murdered teenager was visibly choking back tears.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Tuve que contener las lágrimas para darle la noticia.
		aguantar el llanto, contener el llanto loc verb
	(figurado)	tragarse las lágrimas loc verb
choke point, chokepoint n	(strait, pass obstructing an attack) (figurado)	cuello de botella loc nom m
		punto forzoso de paso grupo nom
		paso estrecho grupo nom
	The valley was a choke point for the advancing army.
chokepoint n	(bottleneck, congested place)	cuello de botella loc nom m
		embudo nm
	The narrow bridge across the river is a choke point for traffic.
chokehold, choke hold, choke-hold n	(grip on [sb]'s neck)	agarrar a alguien del cuello loc verb
chokehold, choke-hold, choke hold n	figurative (complete power)	poder absoluto nm + adj

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