abafar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to suffocate
2. (transitive) to interrupt
3. (informal, transitive) to prevent something from being made public or known; to suppress; to smother
4. (Brazil, intransitive) to slay; to hit one out of the ballpark

Concepts

stifle

suffocate

suppress

choke

quell

muffle

drown

run away with

smother

asphyxiate

tone down

damp

dampen

dull

hush up

lift

mute

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Synonyms

asfixiar

estrangular

sufocar

esganar

chutar

roubar

suprimir

amortecer

Translations

ersticken

étouffer

verstikken

smoren

verkroppen

onderdrukken

suffoquer

sofocar

neerslaan

sufocar

ahogar

erwürgen

erdrosseln

ofegar

soffocare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.baˈfa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From a- + bafo + -ar.