abafadiço

Portuguese

Etymology

From abafado +‎ -iço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.faˈd͡ʒi.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.faˈd͡ʒi.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.faˈd͡ʒi.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.fɐˈdi.su/ [ɐ.βɐ.fɐˈði.su]

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧fa‧di‧ço

Adjective

abafadiço (feminine abafadiça, masculine plural abafadiços, feminine plural abafadiças)

1. (of weather or a location) likely to become, or which often becomes muggy, sultry (hot and humid)

   Synonym: abafante

   Carros com as janelas fechadas são perigosamente abafadiços.

   Cars with windows up are dangerously likely to become sultry.

Related terms

• abafação
• abafadamente
• abafado
• abafador
• abafadouro
• abafamento
• abafar
• abafante
• bafo