Pörsümek = To shrivel up

Çok fazla þiþirilen balon pörsür.

The balloon that is inflated too much bursts.

 Here, the English usage is "to drown".

Those who don´t know how to swim may drown in the sea.

 Wow. The thread calls itself "Main" Turkish verbs. I hadn´t come across pörsümek before!

Isn´t "Patlamak" more usual?

Anyway, it´s nice to learn a new one...

Boðmak = to suffocate, to choke, to asphyxiate

Boðulmak = to drown, to be drowned, to get drowned, to suffocate, to choke, be asphyxiated

Edit: Marionin, you´re faster

"Turkish word çok is pronounced as English word choke. Çok means much."

I thought it was pronounced more like ´chock´

 as in chocoholic - now there´s a scrummy word!

OOOOH YES!! must have some!

You´re right.

"çok" is not pronounced as "choke"

 I am sorry but i have never heard this word used anywhere.. I would rather rather use :emmek veya içine almak

No

patlamak is very different

they are not synonym actually. I should use something else instead of burst.

Pörsümek is to lose its rigidity or flexibility but not totally losing.

This word can be used for moral values also. Then gives corrupt meaning. As most of the turkish verbs this verb can be used very different situations.

It gives deterioration meaning in some cases.