asfixia

asfixia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of asfixiar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of asfixiar

• IPA^(key): /asˈfiɡsja/, [asˈfiɣsja]

From New Latin asphyxia, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphúxis, “pulse”).

asfixia f (plural asfixias)

1. (pathology) asphyxia

• asfixiar

• asfixiante

See the etymology of the main entry.

asfixia

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of asfixiar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of asfixiar.

• “asfixia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.