desabafar

Portuguese

From des- +‎ abafar (“suffocate”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [de.za.baˈfa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [de.za.baˈfa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.bɐˈfaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βɐˈfaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.bɐˈfa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ.βɐˈfa.ɾi]

desabafar (first-person singular present desabafo, first-person singular preterite desabafei, past participle desabafado)

to unburden
to air
Synonym: arejar
(by extension) to get off one's chest; to vent one's spleen, let off steam, rant
Synonyms: desafogar, expressar, exteriorizar

Escrevo para desabafar, quando não tem ninguém para me ouvir.
I write to vent when there is no one to listen to me.

Conjugation of desabafar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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