Creo que Solvencia II, la regulación y las agencias de calificación crediticia son muy relevantes e importantes, pero además de sofocar las llamas debemos construir la estación de bomberos.

I think that Solvency II, regulation and CRAs are all very relevant and very important, but we need to build a fire station as well as douse the flames.

sofocar

to mop up {vb} (resistance)

sofocar(also: aturdir, abrumar, agobiar, marear)

to overpower [overpowered · overpowered] {v.t.} (affect greatly)

sofocar(also: aplastar)

to put down {vb} (suppress)

tuvo que sofocar varios conatos de rebelión

he had to put down several attempted uprisings

Ha habido intimidación y las protestas contra el procedimiento han sido sofocadas con violencia.

We heard of intimidation and any protest at the way things were going was put down with violence.

Siria, Bahréin y Yemen se han visto inmersos en una serie de revueltas populares que están siendo sofocadas por medio de la fuerza.

Syria, Bahrain and Yemen have found themselves in the grip of a series of popular revolts that are being forcibly put down.

sofocar

to quash [quashed · quashed] {v.t.} (suppress)

El siguiente paso será sofocar dicha violencia, no solo con palabras, sino también con hechos.

The next step is to quash this violence, not only using words, but through our actions.

Los movimientos separatistas, como el de Biafra, fueron sofocados con una fuerza militar enormemente superior hace mucho tiempo y eso ha contribuido a la militarización del país.

Separatist movements, such as that in Biafra, were quashed with enormously superior military strength a long time ago, and that has contributed to the country's militarisation.

sofocar

to quench [quenched · quenched] {v.t.} (put out)

sofocar(also: aplastar, destruir, desarticular, acabar con)

to smash {v.t.} (destroy)

sofocar

to snuff out {vb} (rebellion)

sofocar

to squelch {v.t.} [Amer.] [coll.]

sofocar(also: aplastar)

to stamp on {vb} (attempt)

sofocar(also: aplastar, erradicar, acabar con)

to stamp out {vb} (suppress)

sofocar(also: ahogar)

to strangle [strangled · strangled] {v.t.} (protests)

sofocar

to suppress {v.t.} (put a stop to)

En todos esos países, se ha empleado la fuerza para sofocar las manifestaciones de ciudadanos que exigen un cambio democrático.

In all of these countries, force has been used to suppress demonstrations being made by people who are demanding democratic change.

Con el arresto, ya habitual, del líder de la oposición, el despiadado dictador intentó sofocar este grito de auxilio.

The dictator, who will stop at nothing, attempted to suppress this cry for help with the now routine arrest of the opposition leader.

Hace quince días, el ejército turco puso en marcha una operación para sofocar el movimiento obrero kurdo, durante la cual murieron otras 14 personas.

A fortnight ago, the Turkish army started an operation to suppress the Kurdish workers' movement, during which another 14 people were killed.

sofocar [sofocando · sofocado] {transitive verb}

sofocar(also: extinguir)

to extinguish [extinguished · extinguished] {v.t.}

“Esta es una pérdida irreversible para Egipto y para el mundo”, dijo Irina Bokova, alabando el valor de los bomberos y los voluntarios que intentaron sofocar las llamas.

“This is an irreversible loss to Egypt and to the world,” said Irina Bokova, praising the courage of firemen and volunteers who tried to extinguish the flames.

sofocar

to put out {v.t.}

sofocar(also: reprimir, suprimir)

to quell [quelled · quelled] {v.t.}

Tras el ataque rebelde, Idriss Déby explotó la situación para sofocar a la oposición democrática.

Idriss Déby exploited the situation after the rebel attack to quell the democratic opposition.

Comparto la preocupación de los tunecinos en torno a mantener a ministros procedentes del anterior régimen en el poder, algunos de ellos involucrados en sofocar las manifestaciones.

I share the concern of Tunisians about keeping ministers from the previous regime in power, some of whom were involved in quelling the demonstrations.

El Gobierno chino desplegó a la policía y al ejército, como aconsejaba el caso, para sofocar la violencia y detener las represalias de la población han contra los uigures.

The Chinese Government quite properly deployed police and military personnel to quell the violence and stop the retaliatory attacks by the Han population on the Uighurs.

sofocar

to smother {v.t.}

sofocar

to stifle {v.t.}

Una actividad que menoscaba la labor de las universidades sofocará el espíritu emprendedor en lugar de promoverlo.

Especially this one, by encroaching on universities, will stifle enterprise, not promote it.

Permítanme decir una última cosa, señor Presidente: somos quizá el único Parlamento en el mundo que consigue sofocar las buenas noticias.

Allow me to make one final point, Mr President: we are perhaps the only parliament in the world which manages to stifle good news.

La reglamentación excesiva sofoca la iniciativa y, por tanto, el progreso y la prosperidad.

Over-regulation stifles initiative and, therefore, progress and prosperity.

sofocar

to suffocate {v.t.}

A consecuencia del crecimiento incontrolado de algas, los niveles altos pueden acabar «sofocando» los ecosistemas.

As a result of the uncontrolled growth in algae, high levels can also ultimately 'suffocate' ecosystems.

A consecuencia del crecimiento incontrolado de algas, los niveles altos pueden acabar« sofocando» los ecosistemas.

As a result of the uncontrolled growth in algae, high levels can also ultimately'suffocate ' ecosystems.

India debe reducir el efecto de sofoco de sus tropas en Cachemira y Pakistán debe seguir atajando el terrorismo.

India must reduce the suffocating impact of its troops in Kashmir and Pakistan must continue to tackle terrorism.

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "sofocado":

sofocado

abortado- acabado- afectado- agotado- ahogado- alborotado- alterado- apagado- cansado- desencajado- desfigurado- desquiciado- exhausto- extinguido- extinto

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "sofocado" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

estar sofocado

to be out of breath

estar sofocado

to be stifled

Mientras que un país no se libere del lastre de la deuda, el impulso que supondría el comercio para el desarrollo del país quedará sofocado.

As long as a country is not free of this burden of debt, therefore, there will be constraints on the impetus that trade can offer for development in the country itself.

En esta tensión, el espíritu evangélico de Francisco, a lo largo de los siglos no ha sido ni sofocado, ni deformado, ni empobrecido por la institución eclesial.

Throughout this tension, the evangelical spirit of Francis along the centuries was neither suppressed nor distorted nor depleted by the Church institution.

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