ofegar
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin officāre, from Latin offōcāre, present active infinitive of offōcō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguí, past participle ofegat)
- (transitive) to suffocate, smother
- (cooking, transitive) to smother, braise
- (transitive) to drown
- (pronominal) to suffocate, to drown
- (figurative, transitive) to stifle
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Further reading
- “ofegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ofegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ofegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ofegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin officāre, from Latin offōcāre, present active infinitive of offōcō. Doublet of afogar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: o‧fe‧gar
Verb
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- (intransitive) to pant, puff (breathe heavily)
- 1865, José de Alencar, “V”, in As Minas de Prata, volume III:
- Súbito outra revulsão operou-se no espírito de Elvira. As lágrimas espadanaram de seus olhos; e o seio ofegou soluçante.
- Suddenly, another violent feeling occurred within Elvira's soul. Tears ran down from her eyes, and her heart puffed with sobs.
- (intransitive, figurative) to yearn, long
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ofegar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “ofegar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “ofegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ofegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “ofegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “ofegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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