pifiar
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pi.fiˈa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pi.fiˈaɾ/
- Homophone: pifià
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
pifiar (first-person singular present pifio, past participle pifiat)
- (intransitive) to mess up
- Synonym: espifiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of pifiar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | pifiar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pifiant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pifiat | pifiada | |||||
| plural | pifiats | pifiades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | pifio | pifies | pifia | pifiem | pifieu | pifien | |
| imperfect | pifiava | pifiaves | pifiava | pifiàvem | pifiàveu | pifiaven | |
| future | pifiaré | pifiaràs | pifiarà | pifiarem | pifiareu | pifiaran | |
| preterite | pifií | pifiares | pifià | pifiàrem | pifiàreu | pifiaren | |
| conditional | pifiaria | pifiaries | pifiaria | pifiaríem | pifiaríeu | pifiarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | pifiï | pifiïs | pifiï | pifiem | pifieu | pifiïn | |
| imperfect | pifiés | pifiessis | pifiés | pifiéssim | pifiéssiu | pifiessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | pifia | pifiï | pifiem | pifieu | pifiïn | ||
Further reading
- “pifiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pifiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pifiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
FWOTD – 12 October 2018
Etymology
From Middle High German pfīfen (modern German pfeifen (“to whistle”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈfjaɾ/ [piˈfjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pi‧fiar
Verb
pifiar (first-person singular present pifio, first-person singular preterite pifié, past participle pifiado)
- (intransitive) to drop the ball, screw up, mess up
- Pifié en la primera nota.
- I screwed up the very first note.
- (transitive, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru) to boo
- (transitive, Bolivia, Peru) to mock, dig, make fun of
- (transitive, Mexico) to nick, rob
- 2016, Juan Cadavid, El envenenador de Tarragona, Punto Rojo, →ISBN, page 236:
- Su madre era una buena mujer, pero había vivido esclavizada por las drogas y por su marido, que no tenía la hombría de salir cada día a rebuscar el dinero para sus vicios, sino que le ordenaba a ella que se acostara con hombres para luego pifiar todo su dinero.
- His mother was a good woman but she had lived enslaved to drugs and her husband, who didn't have the manhood to leave the house each day to seek after the money for his his vices but ordered her to lay with men so that later he could nick all their money.
-
- (intransitive, music) to blow across a flute or other reedless woodwind instrument
Conjugation
Conjugation of pifiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | pifiar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pifiando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pifiado | pifiada | |||||
| plural | pifiados | pifiadas | |||||
| 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 | pifio | pifiastú pifiásvos | pifia | pifiamos | pifiáis | pifian | |
| imperfect | pifiaba | pifiabas | pifiaba | pifiábamos | pifiabais | pifiaban | |
| preterite | pifié | pifiaste | pifió | pifiamos | pifiasteis | pifiaron | |
| future | pifiaré | pifiarás | pifiará | pifiaremos | pifiaréis | pifiarán | |
| conditional | pifiaría | pifiarías | pifiaría | pifiaríamos | pifiaríais | pifiarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pifie | pifiestú pifiésvos2 | pifie | pifiemos | pifiéis | pifien | |
| imperfect (ra) | pifiara | pifiaras | pifiara | pifiáramos | pifiarais | pifiaran | |
| imperfect (se) | pifiase | pifiases | pifiase | pifiásemos | pifiaseis | pifiasen | |
| future1 | pifiare | pifiares | pifiare | pifiáremos | pifiareis | pifiaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | pifiatú pifiávos | pifie | pifiemos | pifiad | pifien | ||
| negative | no pifies | no pifie | no pifiemos | no pifiéis | no pifien | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pifiar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive pifiar | |||||||
| dative | pifiarme | pifiarte | pifiarle, pifiarse | pifiarnos | pifiaros | pifiarles, pifiarse | |
| accusative | pifiarme | pifiarte | pifiarlo, pifiarla, pifiarse | pifiarnos | pifiaros | pifiarlos, pifiarlas, pifiarse | |
| with gerund pifiando | |||||||
| dative | pifiándome | pifiándote | pifiándole, pifiándose | pifiándonos | pifiándoos | pifiándoles, pifiándose | |
| accusative | pifiándome | pifiándote | pifiándolo, pifiándola, pifiándose | pifiándonos | pifiándoos | pifiándolos, pifiándolas, pifiándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative pifia | |||||||
| dative | pífiame | pífiate | pífiale | pífianos | not used | pífiales | |
| accusative | pífiame | pífiate | pífialo, pífiala | pífianos | not used | pífialos, pífialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative pifiá | |||||||
| dative | pifiame | pifiate | pifiale | pifianos | not used | pifiales | |
| accusative | pifiame | pifiate | pifialo, pifiala | pifianos | not used | pifialos, pifialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative pifie | |||||||
| dative | pífieme | not used | pífiele, pífiese | pífienos | not used | pífieles | |
| accusative | pífieme | not used | pífielo, pífiela, pífiese | pífienos | not used | pífielos, pífielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative pifiemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | pifiémoste | pifiémosle | pifiémonos | pifiémoos | pifiémosles | |
| accusative | not used | pifiémoste | pifiémoslo, pifiémosla | pifiémonos | pifiémoos | pifiémoslos, pifiémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative pifiad | |||||||
| dative | pifiadme | not used | pifiadle | pifiadnos | pifiaos | pifiadles | |
| accusative | pifiadme | not used | pifiadlo, pifiadla | pifiadnos | pifiaos | pifiadlos, pifiadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative pifien | |||||||
| dative | pífienme | not used | pífienle | pífiennos | not used | pífienles, pífiense | |
| accusative | pífienme | not used | pífienlo, pífienla | pífiennos | not used | pífienlos, pífienlas, pífiense | |
Related terms
- pifia
Further reading
- “pifiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014