abafamento
Portuguese, noun/a.ba.faˈmẽ.tu/
abafamento is spelled A-B-A-F-A-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abafamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “muffling, damping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abafadura”.
What does abafamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuffling, damping
- 2
masculinesuppression, coverup
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abafadura 2. sufocação 3. falta de ventilação 4. apropriação indébita de objeto ou valor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abafamento
- abafamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abafamento?
- Brazil /a.ba.faˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɐ.fɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal [ɐ.βɐ.fɐˈmẽ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abafamento in Portuguese?
abafamento appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).