abafadiço

Portuguese

Etymology

From abafado +‎ -iço.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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.

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