abafar
Meaning
- (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
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧ba‧far
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.baˈfa(ʁ)/
Etymology
From a- + bafo + -ar.
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