abafar
Portuguese, verb/a.baˈfa(ʁ)/
abafar is spelled A-B-A-F-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abafar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to suffocate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impedir a respiração de maneira a causar asfixia”.
What does abafar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suffocate
- 2
to interrupt
- 3
informalto prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
- 4
Brazilto slay; to hit one out of the ballpark
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que albafar; incenso
verb: 1. impedir a respiração de maneira a causar asfixia 2. provocar ou sentir algo semelhante a falta de ar 3. cobrir para manter o calor 4. pôr roupas quentes
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 abafar
- abafo first-person present singular
- abafei first-person preterite singular
- abafado participle past
- abafares infinitive second-person singular
- abafarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abafardes infinitive plural second-person
- abafarem infinitive plural third-person
- abafando gerund
- abafados masculine participle past
- abafada feminine participle past
- abafadas feminine participle past
- abafas indicative present second-person
- abafa indicative present singular
- abafamos first-person indicative plural
- abafais indicative plural present
- abafam indicative plural present
- abafava first-person imperfect indicative
- abafavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abafar?
- Brazil /a.baˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.baˈfa(h)]
- /a.baˈfa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abafar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abafar in Portuguese?
abafar appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).