abafar

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

• IPA^(key): /abaˈfaɾ/
• 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. (pronominal) to suffocate, to choke
8. (pronominal) to steam up, to fog up

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abaf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abafar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abafar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abafar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “abafar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “abafar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abafar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “abafar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “abafar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024