abafante

Galician

Etymology

From abafar (“to steam; to suffocate”) + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈfante/ [a.β̞aˈfan̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧fan‧te

Adjective

abafante m or f (plural abafantes)

1. smothery, stifling

   Synonyms: asfixiante, atafegante, sufocante

   • 1885, O Tío Marcos da Portela, II, 60, page 1:

     Poucos terán boas lembranzas do ano que se foi, porque escomenzou mal e non poido acabar pior. O inverno foi crúo, a primadeira esmorecida e chuviosa, o vrau abafante, o outono desleigado. Día por día pasáro-no contando os seus traballos e coitas os labregos, agardando pola súa redención os que viven escravos dos caciques d'aldea, pensando na súa terriña os emigrantes que morren lonxe dela, aduanando falcatruadas os que trunfan e medran á conta dos máis

     Few people will have good memories of last year, because it started badly and couldn't have ended worse: winter was harsh, spring rainy and faint, summer stifling, autumn sloppy. Day after day, the peasant spent their time telling about their troubles and disgraces, waiting for their redemption the ones who live enslaved by the village's richmen, longing their land the emigrants who die far away from her, plotting frauds those who trump and grow at the expense of others.

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abafante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abafante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abafante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “abafante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “abafante”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈfɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.βɐˈfɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈfɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.βɐˈfɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈfɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧fan‧te

Adjective

abafante m or f (plural abafantes)

1. smothery, stifling

Further reading

• “abafante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abafante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026