suffocate
The skin has grown across his face until he has suffocated. | Su piel ha crecido por su cara hasta asfixiarlo. |
Then they were beating him, until he has suffocated. | Le pegaron hasta que se ahogaba. |
If in the evening you could smell her perfume, you know that everyone else has suffocated. | Si en la noche se podía oler su perfume, sabes que todos los demás han sofocado. |
We are freeing ourselves from an embrace that has suffocated us, crushed us even. | Nos liberamos de un abrazo que nos ha sofocado, que incluso nos ha abatido. |
The implementation of Islamic laws over the past thirty years has suffocated women in Iran. | La implementación de las leyes islámicas durante los últimos 30 años ha sofocado a las mujeres en Irán. |
The private appropriation of rent (historically by the large landowners and currently by their capitalist heirs) has suffocated industrial development, perpetuating the insertion of the country as a primary exporter in the international division of labour. | La apropiación privada de la renta (históricamente por los terratenientes y actualmente por sus herederos capitalistas) ha sofocado el desarrollo industrial, perpetuado una inserción primarizada del país en la división internacional del trabajo. |
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