abafar

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

• IPA^(key): /aβaˈfaɾ/

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

• “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 Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abafar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• אבאפֿאר‎ (Hebrew spelling)

a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar

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)

1. atabafar

a- +‎ bafo +‎ -ar

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

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