gallofear
Spanish
Etymology
From gallofo (“loafing”) + -ear, from gallofa (“food given to beggars”), from the Latin Gallī offa (literally “Frenchman's food, food given to Frenchmen”).
Verb
gallofear (first-person singular present gallofeo, first-person singular preterite gallofeé, past participle gallofeado)
- (informal) to blag; scrounge
Conjugation
Conjugation of gallofear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | gallofear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gallofeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gallofeado | gallofeada | |||||
| plural | gallofeados | gallofeadas | |||||
| 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 | gallofeo | gallofeastú gallofeásvos | gallofea | gallofeamos | gallofeáis | gallofean | |
| imperfect | gallofeaba | gallofeabas | gallofeaba | gallofeábamos | gallofeabais | gallofeaban | |
| preterite | gallofeé | gallofeaste | gallofeó | gallofeamos | gallofeasteis | gallofearon | |
| future | gallofearé | gallofearás | gallofeará | gallofearemos | gallofearéis | gallofearán | |
| conditional | gallofearía | gallofearías | gallofearía | gallofearíamos | gallofearíais | gallofearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | gallofee | gallofeestú gallofeésvos2 | gallofee | gallofeemos | gallofeéis | gallofeen | |
| imperfect (ra) | gallofeara | gallofearas | gallofeara | gallofeáramos | gallofearais | gallofearan | |
| imperfect (se) | gallofease | gallofeases | gallofease | gallofeásemos | gallofeaseis | gallofeasen | |
| future1 | gallofeare | gallofeares | gallofeare | gallofeáremos | gallofeareis | gallofearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | gallofeatú gallofeávos | gallofee | gallofeemos | gallofead | gallofeen | ||
| negative | no gallofees | no gallofee | no gallofeemos | no gallofeéis | no gallofeen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “gallofear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014