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Galician
Etymology
First attested in the 15th century. From a- + bafo (“breath; vapor”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈfaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧far
Verb
abafar (first-person singular present abafo, first-person singular preterite abafei, past participle abafado)
- (transitive, cooking) to steam
- (transitive) to steam, to fog
- Synonyms: apanar, embazar, toldar
- (transitive) to suffocate
- Synonyms: acorar, afogar, sufocar
- (transitive) to bother, to importune
- Synonyms: acosar, molestar
- (intransitive) to stink; to reek
- (intransitive) to suffocate, to choke
- Abre a fiestra que vou abafar! ― Open the window or I'm going to suffocate!
- (pronominal) to suffocate, to choke
- (pronominal) to steam up, to fog up
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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abafar
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Personal
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abafar
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abafares
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abafar
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abafarmos
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abafardes
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abafarem
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Gerund
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abafando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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abafado
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abafados
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Feminine
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abafada
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abafadas
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Indicative
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Present
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abafo
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abafas
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abafa
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abafamos
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abafades, abafais
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abafam
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Imperfect
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abafava
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abafavas
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abafava
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abafávamos
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abafávades, abafáveis, abafávais1
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abafavam
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Preterite
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abafei
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abafaste, abafache1
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abafou
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abafamos
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abafastes
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abafárom, abafaram
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Pluperfect
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abafara
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abafaras
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abafara
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abafáramos
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abafárades, abafáreis, abafárais1
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abafaram
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Future
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abafarei
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abafarás
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abafará
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abafaremos
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abafaredes, abafareis
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abafarám, abafarão
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Conditional
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abafaria
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abafarias
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abafaria
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abafaríamos
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abafaríades, abafaríeis, abafaríais1
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abafariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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abafe
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abafes
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abafe
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abafemos
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abafedes, abafeis
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abafem
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Imperfect
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abafasse
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abafasses
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abafasse
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abafássemos
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abafássedes, abafásseis
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abafassem
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Future
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abafar
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abafares
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abafar
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abafarmos
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abafardes
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abafarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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abafa
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abafe
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abafemos
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abafade, abafai
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abafem
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Negative (nom)
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nom abafes
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nom abafe
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nom abafemos
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nom abafedes, nom abafeis
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nom abafem
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References
- 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
Ladino
Etymology
From a- + bafo + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
abafar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אבאפֿאר)
- (cooking) to steam
- to suffocate, choke
- to put out (a fire) by suffocation
- to cover (a sound) or mask (the noise)
Conjugation
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + bafo + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
abafar (first-person singular present abafo, first-person singular preterite abafei, past participle abafado)
- (transitive) to suffocate
- (transitive) to interrupt
- (transitive, informal) to prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
- (Brazil, slang, LGBT, intransitive) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “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