choke in Arabic
اِخْتَنَقَ iḵtanaqa
/t͡ʃəʊk/US/t͡ʃoʊk/
choke in Arabic: اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa), خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa). In English, choke means to be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
Arabic words for choke
- be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
- اِخْتَنَقَ iḵtanaqa
- prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
- خَنَقَ ḵanaqa
English meaning of choke
- verb To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- verb To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- verb To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- verb To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
choke in a sentence
- Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
- The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
- to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
Synonyms of choke
choke in other languages
Questions about choke in Arabic
- What is the meaning of choke in Arabic?
- Choke in Arabic is اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa), خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa).
- ما معنى كلمة choke؟
- Choke: اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa), خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa).
- What does choke mean in English?
- Choke means to be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
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