Usage examples of "ahogarse" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tom fue salvado de ahogarse. Tom was saved from drowning.
Ella estuvo cerca de ahogarse. She came near being drowned.
Ella estuvo a punto de ahogarse. She came near being drowned.
El niño estuvo a punto de ahogarse. The child came near being drowned.
El joven muchacho corre peligro de ahogarse. The young boy is in danger of drowning.
El hombre a punto de ahogarse gritaba pidiendo ayuda. The drowning man shouted for help.
Él rescató a una muchacha de ahogarse y obtuvo una recompensa. He rescued a girl from drowning and was given a reward.
Ella puso en riesgo su vida para salvar a un niño de ahogarse. She saved the drowning child at the risk of her own life.
Estar en un barco es estar en una cárcel, con la posibilidad de ahogarse. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Querer protegerme de mí mismo es casi tan ingenioso como querer salvar a un pez de ahogarse. Wanting to protect me from myself is about as ingenious as saving a fish from drowning.
El niño casi se ahogó. The boy was almost drowned.
Hay un esqueleto ahogándose en una miga de pan. There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.
Dejó que su hijo se ahogara. She allowed her child to be drowned.
Tom se ahogó en el mar. Tom drowned in the ocean.
Él se ahogó en el río. He drowned in the river.
Ella se ahogó en algún lago. She drowned herself in some lake.
Casi se ahogó en el río. He came near to being drowned in the river.
Cayó al agua y se ahogó. He fell into the water and drowned.
El hombre ahogándose agarró fuerte la cuerda. The drowning man grasped at the rope.
Te ahogas en un vaso de agua. You're drowning in a glass of water.
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