ofegar

• aufegar

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin officāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.fəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.fəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.feˈɣaɾ]

ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguí, past participle ofegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to suffocate, smother
2. (cooking, transitive) to smother, braise
3. (transitive) to drown
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suffocate, to drown
5. (figurative, transitive) to stifle

• (suffocate): asfixiar
• (drown): negar
• (smother): apagar, extingir
• (stifle): impedir

• ofec
• ofegabous
• ofegador
• ofegament
• ofegat
• ofegor
• ofegar-se en un got d'aigua

• “ofegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “ofegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ofegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ofegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin officāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. Doublet of afogar.

• Hyphenation: o‧fe‧gar

ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguei, past participle ofegado)

1. (intransitive) to pant, puff (breathe heavily)
   • 1865, José de Alencar, “V”, in As Minas de Prata, volume III:

     Súbito outra revulsão operou-se no espírito de Elvira. As lágrimas espadanaram de seus olhos; e o seio ofegou soluçante.

     Suddenly, another violent feeling occurred within Elvira's soul. Tears ran down from her eyes, and her heart puffed with sobs.

2. (intransitive, figurative) to yearn, long

• ofegante

• “ofegar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ofegar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “ofegar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ofegar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.