Sentence examples of "étouffer" in French

<>
show all
J'ai pensé que j'allais étouffer dans ce train bondé. Ich dachte, ich würde in diesem überfüllten Zug ersticken.
La rébellion a été étouffée dans l'œuf. Die Rebellion wurde im Keime erstickt.
Il était entouré par de la fumée et étouffait. Er war von Rauch umgeben und erstickte.
Le pompier ne pouvait étouffer les flammes. Der Feuerwehrmann konnte die Flammen nicht löschen.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.

PROMT Professional NMT

PROMT Professional NMT

Try offline translator for your PC and laptop

Download

PROMT Master NMT

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download