abafo
Portuguese, noun/aˈba.fu/
abafo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “steam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of abafar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de abafar”.
What does abafo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesteam
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of abafar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de abafar
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 abafo
- abafos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abafo?
- Brazil /aˈba.fu/
- Portugal /ɐˈba.fu/
- Portugal [ɐˈβa.fu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abafo in Portuguese?
abafo appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).