sofocar

Las plantas estaban estrangulándole y él se estaba sofocando rápidamente.	The plants were strangling him, and he was choking rapidly.
Por el anochecer, se estaba sofocando.	In the evening, she was suffocating.
Me estaba sofocando aquí adentro.	I've been suffocating ever since I've been in here.
Gracias por dejar que sea yo la que le dijera a mamá que te estaba sofocando.	Thanks for letting me be the one to tell mom that she was suffocating you.
Y... y comenzó a llorar, y luego, de repente, sentí que yo... me estaba sofocando.	And-and it started to cry, and then all of a sudden, it felt like I was... I-I was suffocating.
En este punto, muchas almas rompen el nudo de los apegos severos y del odio severo (Anantanubandhy Kashay) que las estaba sofocando, y logran samyakatva.	At this point many souls break the knot of the severe attachment and severe hatred (Anantanubandhy Kashay) which is suffocating it and attain samyakatva but many fail to do so and fall back to the earlier level.
Esto sucede solamente cuando hay factores que reducen la influencia de todos los karmas. En este punto, muchas almas rompen el nudo de los apegos severos y del odio severo (Anantanubandhy Kashay) que las estaba sofocando, y logran samyakatva.	At this point many souls break the knot of the severe attachment and severe hatred (Anantanubandhy Kashay) which is suffocating it and attain samyakatva but many fail to do so and fall back to the earlier level.