abafadiço

Portuguese

Etymology

From abafado +‎ -iço.

Pronunciation

(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)

(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.

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