Dictionary
abafado
Meaning
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- muggy, sultry (hot and humid)
- muffled (almost mute; deadened)
- which the person attempted to prevent
- which has been hidden from the public
- (Brazil,slang) stolen (that has been stolen)
- 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.
New
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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