ofegar

From Late Latin officāre, from Latin offōcāre, present active infinitive of offōcō.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.fəˈɡa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.fəˈɡa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.feˈɡaɾ/

ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, past participle ofegat)

1. (transitive) to suffocate, smother
2. (cooking, transitive) to smother, braise
3. (transitive) to drown
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate, to drown
5. (figurative, transitive) to stifle

• (suffocate): asfixiar
• (drown): negar
• (smother): apagar, extingir
• (stifle): impedir

• ofec
• ofegabous
• ofegador
• ofegament
• ofegat
• ofegor
• ofegar-se en un got d'aigua

• “ofegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ofegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

From Late Latin officāre, from Latin offōcāre. Doublet of afogar.

• Hyphenation: o‧fe‧gar

ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguei, past participle ofegado)

1. (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.

2. (intransitive, figurative) to yearn, long
3. inflection of ofegar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• ofegante

• “ofegar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ofegar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “ofegar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.