ofegar

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === aufegar === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin officāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [u.fəˈɣa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.fəˈɣa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.feˈɣaɾ] === Verb === ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguí, past participle ofegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive) to suffocate, smother (cooking, transitive) to smother, braise (transitive) to drown (pronominal) to suffocate, to drown (figurative, transitive) to stifle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (suffocate): asfixiar (drown): negar (smother): apagar, extingir (stifle): impedir ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ofegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Further reading === “ofegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ofegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ofegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin officāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. Doublet of afogar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧fe‧gar === Verb === ofegar (first-person singular present ofego, first-person singular preterite ofeguei, past participle ofegado) (intransitive) to pant, puff (breathe heavily) (intransitive, figurative) to yearn, long ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ofegante === Further reading === “ofegar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ofegar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “ofegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “ofegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “ofegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “ofegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026