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. (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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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 (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. (intransitive, Brazil, LGBTQ slang) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark

• “abafar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abafar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “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, 2003–2025
• “abafar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “abafar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025