溺れる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb · Intransitive

   to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe

2. Ichidan verb · Intransitive

   to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in

In Spanish

1. ahogarse; zozobrar; abandonarse

Kanji in this word

• 溺

Example sentences

• 彼女かのじょは危あやうく溺おぼれるところだった。

  She came near to drowning.

  Ella casi se ahogó.

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• その少年しょうねんは溺おぼれ死しぬところだった。

  The boy was all but drowned.

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