abafado
Meaning
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- (comparable) muggy, sultry (hot and humid)
- (comparable) muffled (almost mute; deadened)
- (comparable,figuratively) which the person attempted to prevent
- (comparable,figuratively) which has been hidden from the public
- (Brazil,comparable,slang) stolen (that has been stolen)
- (comparable) whose fermentation process has been interrupted by the addition of a spirit
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧ba‧fa‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.baˈfa.du/
Etymology
From abafar (“to become foggy; to smother”) + -ado.
New
abafar
- (transitive) to suffocate
- (transitive) to interrupt
- (informal,transitive) to prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
- (Brazil,intransitive,slang) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark
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