desabafar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ abafar (“suffocate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [de.za.baˈfa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [de.za.baˈfa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [de.za.baˈfa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.baˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.baˈfa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.bɐˈfaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βɐˈfaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.bɐˈfaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βɐˈfaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.bɐˈfa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ.βɐˈfa.ɾi]

Verb

desabafar (first-person singular present desabafo, first-person singular preterite desabafei, past participle desabafado)

1. to unburden
2. to air

   Synonym: arejar

3. (by extension) to get off one's chest; to vent one's spleen, let off steam, rant

   Synonyms: desafogar, expressar, exteriorizar

   Escrevo para desabafar, quando não tem ninguém para me ouvir.

   I write to vent when there is no one to listen to me.

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desabafar
Personal	desabafar	desabafares	desabafar	desabafarmos	desabafardes	desabafarem
Gerund
	desabafando
Past participle
Masculine	desabafado			desabafados
Feminine	desabafada			desabafadas
Indicative
Present	desabafo	desabafas	desabafa	desabafamos	desabafais	desabafam
Imperfect	desabafava	desabafavas	desabafava	desabafávamos	desabafáveis	desabafavam
Preterite	desabafei	desabafaste	desabafou	desabafamos1, desabafámos2	desabafastes	desabafaram
Pluperfect	desabafara	desabafaras	desabafara	desabafáramos	desabafáreis	desabafaram
Future	desabafarei	desabafarás	desabafará	desabafaremos	desabafareis	desabafarão
Conditional	desabafaria	desabafarias	desabafaria	desabafaríamos	desabafaríeis	desabafariam
Subjunctive
Present	desabafe	desabafes	desabafe	desabafemos	desabafeis	desabafem
Imperfect	desabafasse	desabafasses	desabafasse	desabafássemos	desabafásseis	desabafassem
Future	desabafar	desabafares	desabafar	desabafarmos	desabafardes	desabafarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desabafa	desabafe	desabafemos	desabafai	desabafem
Negative (não)		não desabafes	não desabafe	não desabafemos	não desabafeis	não desabafem

    Conjugation of desabafar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.