abafar

Galician

Etymology

Attested: 15th century. From a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβaˈfaɾ/

Verb

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
6. (intransitive) to suffocate, to choke

   Abre a fiestra que vou abafar! ― Open the window or I'm going to suffocate!

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate, to choke
8. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to steam up, to fog up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abafar

infinitive			abafar
gerund			abafando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		abafado		abafados
		feminine		abafada		abafadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	abafo	abafas	abafa	abafamos	abafades	abafan
	imperfect	abafaba	abafabas	abafaba	abafabamos	abafabades	abafaban
	preterite	abafei	abafaches	abafou	abafamos	abafastes	abafaron
	pluperfect	abafara	abafaras	abafara	abafaramos	abafarades	abafaran
	future	abafarei	abafarás	abafará	abafaremos	abafaredes	abafarán
	conditional	abafaría	abafarías	abafaría	abafariamos	abafariades	abafarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	abafe	abafes	abafe	abafemos	abafedes	abafen
	preterite	abafase	abafases	abafase	abafásemos	abafásedes	abafasen
	future	abafar	abafares	abafar	abafarmos	abafardes	abafaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	abafa	abafe	abafemos	abafade	abafen
	negative	—	abafes	abafe	abafemos	abafedes	abafen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		abafar	abafares	abafar	abafarmos	abafardes	abafaren

References

• “abaf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “abafar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abafar” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “abafar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ladino

Alternative forms

• אבאפֿאר‎ (Hebrew spelling)

Etymology

a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar

Verb

abafar (Latin spelling)

1. (cooking) to steam
2. to suffocate, to choke
3. to put out (a fire) by suffocation
4. to cover (a sound) or mask (the noise)

Synonyms

1. atabafar

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Portuguese

Etymology

a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbɐˈfaɾ/, [ɐβɐˈfaɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧far

Verb

abafar (first-person singular present indicative abafo, past participle abafado)

1. (transitive) to suffocate
2. (transitive) to interrupt
3. (transitive, informal) to ignore someone's mistakes

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb abafar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	abafar
Personal	abafar	abafares	abafar	abafarmos	abafardes	abafarem
Gerund
	abafando
Past participle
Masculine	abafado			abafados
Feminine	abafada			abafadas
Indicative
Present	abafo	abafas	abafa	abafamos	abafais	abafam
Imperfect	abafava	abafavas	abafava	abafávamos	abafáveis	abafavam
Preterite	abafei	abafaste	abafou	abafamos abafámos	abafastes	abafaram
Pluperfect	abafara	abafaras	abafara	abafáramos	abafáreis	abafaram
Future	abafarei	abafarás	abafará	abafaremos	abafareis	abafarão
Conditional
	abafaria	abafarias	abafaria	abafaríamos	abafaríeis	abafariam
Subjunctive
Present	abafe	abafes	abafe	abafemos	abafeis	abafem
Imperfect	abafasse	abafasses	abafasse	abafássemos	abafásseis	abafassem
Future	abafar	abafares	abafar	abafarmos	abafardes	abafarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	abafa	abafe	abafemos	abafai	abafem
Negative (não)	-	abafes	abafe	abafemos	abafeis	abafem