# abafar
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaˈfaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈfaɾ]
* 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

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* 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

## Ladino
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.baˈfaɾ/

### Verb

abafar (Hebrew spelling אבאפֿאר)
* (cooking) to steam
* to suffocate, choke
* to put out (a fire) by suffocation
* to cover (a sound) or mask (the noise)

#### Synonyms

* atabafar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [a.baˈfa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [a.baˈfa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.baˈfa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [a.baˈfa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈfa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈfaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐˈfaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈfaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐˈfaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈfa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɐˈfa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧far

### 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
* (intransitive, Brazil, LGBTQ slang) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “abafar”, in iDicionário Aulete (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