afobar
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the gasp of a hurried and distressed person.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.foˈba(ʁ)/ [a.foˈba(h)], /a.fɔˈba(ʁ)/ [a.fɔˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.foˈba(ɾ)/, /a.fɔˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.foˈba(ʁ)/ [a.foˈba(χ)], /a.fɔˈba(ʁ)/ [a.fɔˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.foˈba(ɻ)/, /a.fɔˈba(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fuˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.fuˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fuˈba.ɾi/ [ɐ.fuˈβa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: a‧fo‧bar
Verb
afobar (first-person singular present afobo, first-person singular preterite afobei, past participle afobado)
- (Brazil, transitive) to cause distress to
- (Brazil, reflexive) to get in the way, get agitated
- (Brazil, reflexive) to fret
- (Brazil, reflexive) to get tired
- (Brazil, Maranhão, informal, reflexive) to show off
Conjugation
Conjugation of afobar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | ||||||
| Personal | ||||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | ||||||
| Feminine | ||||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | ||||||
| Imperfect | ||||||
| Preterite | 1, 2 | |||||
| Pluperfect | ||||||
| Future | ||||||
| Conditional | ||||||
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ||||||
| Imperfect | ||||||
| Future | ||||||
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | ||||||
| Negative (não) | não afobes | não afobe | não afobemos | não afobeis | não afobem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Conjugation of afobar-se (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “afobar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025