English-Spanish translations for suffocate

ahogarPor eso estamos preocupados al escuchar que se ha agravado tanto hasta casi ahogar esta agencia recién creada. That is why we are concerned to hear that it has snowballed in such a way as to almost suffocate this newborn agency. Debemos pedir a las autoridades albanesas que hagan los mismo y que no se dejen ahogar por las sombras del pasado, sino que avancen hacia la luz del futuro. We must call on the Albanian authorities to do the same and not be suffocated by the shadows of the past, but to step into the light of the future.
sofocarAl mismo tiempo, muchos otros países que aún cuentan con dicho margen de maniobra, no tiene que iniciar la consolidación hasta el año próximo, a fin de no sofocar la recuperación económica en curso. While many other countries still have fiscal space, they should not start consolidation before next year - this is to ensure that we do not suffocate the current ongoing economic recovery.

To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed , as though with oxygen deprivation
To destroy; to extinguish
Suffocated; choked

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