xafar
Catalan
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Related to Spanish chafar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʃəˈfa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈfaɾ/
Verb
xafar (first-person singular present xafo, past participle xafat)
- to crush
- Synonym: esclafar
Conjugation
Conjugation of xafar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | xafar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | xafant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | xafat | xafada | |||||
| plural | xafats | xafades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xafo | xafes | xafa | xafem | xafeu | xafen | |
| imperfect | xafava | xafaves | xafava | xafàvem | xafàveu | xafaven | |
| future | xafaré | xafaràs | xafarà | xafarem | xafareu | xafaran | |
| preterite | xafí | xafares | xafà | xafàrem | xafàreu | xafaren | |
| conditional | xafaria | xafaries | xafaria | xafaríem | xafaríeu | xafarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xafi | xafis | xafi | xafem | xafeu | xafin | |
| imperfect | xafés | xafessis | xafés | xaféssim | xaféssiu | xafessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | xafa | xafi | xafem | xafeu | xafin | ||
Derived terms
- aixafar
Further reading
- “xafar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “xafar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “xafar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.