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abafar

Pronunciation: /abaˈfaɾ/

“abafar” is a Galician word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to steam
  2. to steam, to fog
  3. to suffocate
  4. to bother, to importune
  5. to stink; to reek
  6. to suffocate, to choke
  7. to steam up, to fog up

In Galician

  1. Respirar con dificultade, de forma axitada e entrecortada.
  2. Despedir un olor desagradable.
  3. Desaparecer lentamente.
  4. Contraer unha infección.
  5. Dificultar ou impedir a respiración.
  6. Botar bafo ou cubrir de bafo.
  7. Impedir a combustión.
  8. Causar vergonza ou vergoña.
  9. Amolar con peticións.
  10. Afogar coa calor.
  11. Botar bafo.

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. From a- + bafo (“breath; vapor”) + -ar.

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