abafar

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβaˈfaɾ/

Verb

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

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abaf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “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

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abafar

infinitive		simple		abafar
		compound		aver abafado
gerund		simple		abafando
		compound		aviendo abafado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		abafado		abafados
		feminine		abafada		abafadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	abafo	abafas	abafa	abafamos	abafáx	abafan
	imperfect	abafava	abafavas	abafava	abafávamos	abafavax	abafavan
	preterite	abafí	abafates	abafó	abafimos	abafatex	abafaron
	future	abafaré	abafarás	abafará	abafaremos	abafaréx	abafarán
	conditional	abafaría	abafarías	abafaría	abafaríamos	abafaríax	abafarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	abafe	abafes	abafe	abafemos	abaféx	abafen
	imperfect	abafara	abafaras	abafara	abafáramos	abafarax	abafaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	abafa	—	—	abafad	—
	negative	—	no abafes	—	—	no abaféx	—

Synonyms

1. atabafar

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Portuguese

Etymology

a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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