gafar
Galician
Etymology
From gafe + -ar.
Verb
gafar (first-person singular present gafo, first-person singular preterite gafei, past participle gafado)
- to jinx, to put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.)
- (reflexive) To be jinx, to be put a jinx on
Conjugation
Conjugation of gafar
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | gafar | |||||
personal | gafar | gafares | gafar | gafarmos | gafardes | gafaren |
Gerund | ||||||
gafando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | gafado | gafados | ||||
feminine | gafada | gafadas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | gafo | gafas | gafa | gafamos | gafades | gafan |
imperfect | gafaba | gafabas | gafaba | gafabamos | gafabades | gafaban |
preterite | gafei | gafaches | gafou | gafamos | gafastes | gafaron |
pluperfect | gafara | gafaras | gafara | gafaramos | gafarades | gafaran |
future | gafarei | gafarás | gafará | gafaremos | gafaredes | gafarán |
conditional | gafaría | gafarías | gafaría | gafariamos | gafariades | gafarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | gafe | gafes | gafe | gafemos | gafedes | gafen |
preterite | gafase | gafases | gafase | gafásemos | gafásedes | gafasen |
future | gafar | gafares | gafar | gafarmos | gafardes | gafaren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | gafa | gafe | gafemos | gafade | gafen |
negative | – | gafes | gafe | gafemos | gafedes | gafen |
Spanish
Etymology
From gafe + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈfaɾ/ [ɡaˈfaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ga‧far
Verb
gafar (first-person singular present gafo, first-person singular preterite gafé, past participle gafado)
- to jinx, put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
- (reflexive) to be jinx, be put a jinx on
Conjugation
Conjugation of gafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | gafar | ||||||
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gerund | gafando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | gafado | gafada | |||||
plural | gafados | gafadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gafo | gafastú gafásvos | gafa | gafamos | gafáis | gafan | |
imperfect | gafaba | gafabas | gafaba | gafábamos | gafabais | gafaban | |
preterite | gafé | gafaste | gafó | gafamos | gafasteis | gafaron | |
future | gafaré | gafarás | gafará | gafaremos | gafaréis | gafarán | |
conditional | gafaría | gafarías | gafaría | gafaríamos | gafaríais | gafarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gafe | gafestú gafésvos2 | gafe | gafemos | gaféis | gafen | |
imperfect (ra) | gafara | gafaras | gafara | gafáramos | gafarais | gafaran | |
imperfect (se) | gafase | gafases | gafase | gafásemos | gafaseis | gafasen | |
future1 | gafare | gafares | gafare | gafáremos | gafareis | gafaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | gafatú gafávos | gafe | gafemos | gafad | gafen | ||
negative | no gafes | no gafe | no gafemos | no gaféis | no gafen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of gafar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive gafar | |||||||
dative | gafarme | gafarte | gafarle, gafarse | gafarnos | gafaros | gafarles, gafarse | |
accusative | gafarme | gafarte | gafarlo, gafarla, gafarse | gafarnos | gafaros | gafarlos, gafarlas, gafarse | |
with gerund gafando | |||||||
dative | gafándome | gafándote | gafándole, gafándose | gafándonos | gafándoos | gafándoles, gafándose | |
accusative | gafándome | gafándote | gafándolo, gafándola, gafándose | gafándonos | gafándoos | gafándolos, gafándolas, gafándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gafa | |||||||
dative | gáfame | gáfate | gáfale | gáfanos | not used | gáfales | |
accusative | gáfame | gáfate | gáfalo, gáfala | gáfanos | not used | gáfalos, gáfalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gafá | |||||||
dative | gafame | gafate | gafale | gafanos | not used | gafales | |
accusative | gafame | gafate | gafalo, gafala | gafanos | not used | gafalos, gafalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative gafe | |||||||
dative | gáfeme | not used | gáfele, gáfese | gáfenos | not used | gáfeles | |
accusative | gáfeme | not used | gáfelo, gáfela, gáfese | gáfenos | not used | gáfelos, gáfelas | |
with first-person plural imperative gafemos | |||||||
dative | not used | gafémoste | gafémosle | gafémonos | gafémoos | gafémosles | |
accusative | not used | gafémoste | gafémoslo, gafémosla | gafémonos | gafémoos | gafémoslos, gafémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative gafad | |||||||
dative | gafadme | not used | gafadle | gafadnos | gafaos | gafadles | |
accusative | gafadme | not used | gafadlo, gafadla | gafadnos | gafaos | gafadlos, gafadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative gafen | |||||||
dative | gáfenme | not used | gáfenle | gáfennos | not used | gáfenles, gáfense | |
accusative | gáfenme | not used | gáfenlo, gáfenla | gáfennos | not used | gáfenlos, gáfenlas, gáfense |
Further reading
- “gafar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014