abafar

First attested in the 15th century. From a- +‎ bafo (“breath; vapor”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /abaˈfaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧far

abafar (first-person singular present abafo, first-person singular preterite abafei, past participle abafado)

1. (transitive, cooking) to steam
2. (transitive) to steam, to fog

   Synonyms: apanar, embazar, toldar

3. (transitive) to suffocate

   Synonyms: acorar, afogar, sufocar

4. (transitive) to bother, to importune

   Synonyms: acosar, molestar

5. (intransitive) to stink; to reek
6. (intransitive) to suffocate, to choke

   Abre a fiestra que vou abafar! ― Open the window or I'm going to suffocate!

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate, to choke
8. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to steam up, to fog up

• “abaf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abafar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abafar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abafar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈfaɾ/

abafar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אבאפֿאר)

1. (cooking) to steam
2. to suffocate, choke
3. to put out (a fire) by suffocation
4. to cover (a sound) or mask (the noise)

• atabafar

From a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧far

abafar (first-person singular present abafo, first-person singular preterite abafei, past participle abafado)

1. (transitive) to suffocate
2. (transitive) to interrupt
3. (transitive, informal) to prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
4. (Brazil, slang, LGBT, intransitive) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark

• “abafar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “abafar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “abafar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abafar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “abafar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “abafar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.