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abafado

Meaning

1. muggy, sultry (hot and humid)
2. muffled (almost mute; deadened)
3. which the person attempted to prevent
4. which has been hidden from the public
5. (Brazil,slang) stolen (that has been stolen)
6. whose fermentation process has been interrupted by the addition of a spirit

Hyphenated as

a‧ba‧fa‧do

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.baˈfa.du/

Etymology

From abafar (“to become foggy; to smother”) + -ado.

abafar

to suffocate
to interrupt
(informal) to prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
(Brazil,slang) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark

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Sentences

Ele ouviu um
1

som
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abafado e viu a

marca preta avançar alguns centímetros .

He heard a muffled sound and saw the black mark advance a few inches.

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