bufar
Catalan
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /buˈfa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /buˈfaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
bufar (first-person singular present bufo, past participle bufat)
- (transitive, intransitive) to blow (on, away)
- (transitive) to blow up, inflate
- (reflexive) to blow up, puff up, expand
- (reflexive, Valencia) to get drunk
- Synonym: embriagar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of bufar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | bufar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bufant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bufat | bufada | |||||
| plural | bufats | bufades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | bufo | bufes | bufa | bufem | bufeu | bufen | |
| imperfect | bufava | bufaves | bufava | bufàvem | bufàveu | bufaven | |
| future | bufaré | bufaràs | bufarà | bufarem | bufareu | bufaran | |
| preterite | bufí | bufares | bufà | bufàrem | bufàreu | bufaren | |
| conditional | bufaria | bufaries | bufaria | bufaríem | bufaríeu | bufarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | bufi | bufis | bufi | bufem | bufeu | bufin | |
| imperfect | bufés | bufessis | bufés | buféssim | buféssiu | bufessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | bufa | bufi | bufem | bufeu | bufin | ||
Derived terms
- bufar i fer ampolles
Derived terms
- bufador
- bufament
- bufat
- bufec
- bufera
- esbufegar
- rebufar
Further reading
- “bufar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [buˈfaɾ]
Verb
bufar (first-person singular present bufo, first-person singular preterite bufei, past participle bufado)
- to blow (especially, to exhale roughly through the mouth)
- Synonym: soprar
- to fart silently
- (of cats) to hiss
Conjugation
Conjugation of bufar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | bufar | |||||
| personal | bufar | bufares | bufar | bufarmos | bufardes | bufaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| bufando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | bufado | bufados | ||||
| feminine | bufada | bufadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | bufo | bufas | bufa | bufamos | bufades | bufan |
| imperfect | bufaba | bufabas | bufaba | bufabamos | bufabades | bufaban |
| preterite | bufei | bufaches | bufou | bufamos | bufastes | bufaron |
| pluperfect | bufara | bufaras | bufara | bufaramos | bufarades | bufaran |
| future | bufarei | bufarás | bufará | bufaremos | bufaredes | bufarán |
| conditional | bufaría | bufarías | bufaría | bufariamos | bufariades | bufarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufemos | bufedes | bufen |
| preterite | bufase | bufases | bufase | bufásemos | bufásedes | bufasen |
| future | bufar | bufares | bufar | bufarmos | bufardes | bufaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | bufa | bufe | bufemos | bufade | bufen |
| negative | – | bufes | bufe | bufemos | bufedes | bufen |
References
- “bufar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bufar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bufar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin; compare Old French bouffer and Italian buffo.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Verb
bufar
- to blow
- (of the wind) to gust; to blow
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bufar | aver bufat | |||||
| gerund | bufant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | bufat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bufi | bufas | bufa | bufam | bufatz | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufavi | bufavas | bufava | bufàvem | bufàvetz | bufavan | |
| preterite | bufèri | bufères | bufèt | bufèrem | bufèretz | bufèron | |
| future | bufarai | bufaràs | bufarà | bufarem | bufaretz | bufaràn | |
| conditional | bufariái | bufariás | bufariá | bufariam | bufariatz | bufarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | bufèra | bufèras | bufèra | buferam | buferatz | bufèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufem | bufetz | bufen | |
| imperfect | bufèssi | bufèsses | bufèsse | bufèssem | bufèssetz | bufèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| bufa | bufem | bufatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bufar | aver bufat | |||||
| gerund | bufant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | bufat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufa | bufam | bufatz | bufon | |
| imperfect | bufave | bufaves | bufava | bufaviam | bufaviatz | bufavon | |
| preterite | bufere | buferes | bufet | bufem | bufetz | buferon | |
| future | bufarai | bufaràs | bufará | bufarem | bufaretz | bufarán | |
| conditional | bufariá | bufariás | bufariá | bufariam | bufariatz | bufarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | bufèra | bufèras | bufèra | buferam | buferatz | bufèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufassiam | bufassiatz | bufon | |
| imperfect | bufesse | bufesses | bufesse | bufessiam | bufessiatz | bufesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| bufa | bufassiam | bufatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bufar | aver bufat | |||||
| gerund | bufant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | bufat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bufi | bufas | bufa | bufam | bufatz | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufavi | bufavas | bufava | bufàvam | bufàvatz | bufavan | |
| preterite | bufèi | bufès | bufè | bufèm | bufètz | bufèn | |
| future | bufarèi | bufaràs | bufarà | bufaram | bufaratz | bufaràn | |
| conditional | bufarí | bufarés | bufaré | bufarem | bufaretz | bufarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | bufèra | bufèras | bufèra | buferam | buferatz | bufèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bufi | bufes | bufe | bufem | bufetz | bufen | |
| imperfect | bufèssi | bufèsses | bufèsse | bufèssem | bufèssetz | bufèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| bufa | bufem | bufatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bufar | aver bufat | |||||
| gerund | bufant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | bufat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bufe | bufas | bufa | bufam | bufatz | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufava | bufavas | bufava | bufàvam | bufàvatz | bufavan | |
| preterite | bufei | buferas | bufet | bufèram | bufèratz | buferan | |
| future | bufarai | bufaràs | bufará | bufarem | bufaretz | bufarán | |
| conditional | bufariá | bufariàs | bufariá | bufariam | bufariatz | bufarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | bufèra | bufèras | bufèra | buferam | buferatz | bufèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufem | bufetz | bufen | |
| imperfect | bufèsse | bufèsses | bufèsse | bufèssem | bufèssetz | bufèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| bufa | bufem | bufatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bufar | aver bufat | |||||
| gerund | bufant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | bufat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufa | bufam | bufatz | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufavi | bufavas | bufava | bufàvem | bufàvetz | bufavan | |
| preterite | bufère | bufères | bufèt | buferiam | buferiatz | bufèron | |
| future | bufarai | bufaràs | bufarà | bufarem | bufaretz | bufaràn | |
| conditional | bufariáu | bufariás | bufariá | bufariam | bufariatz | bufarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | bufèra | bufèras | bufèra | buferam | buferatz | bufèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufem | bufetz | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufèsse | bufèsses | bufèsse | bufessiam | bufessiatz | bufèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| bufa | bufem | bufatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
(onomatopoeia)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧far
Verb
bufar (first-person singular present bufo, first-person singular preterite bufei, past participle bufado)
- to blow
- Synonyms: soprar, bufir
- (by extension) to boast
Conjugation
Conjugation of bufar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| 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 | bufar | |||||
| Personal | bufar | bufares | bufar | bufarmos | bufardes | bufarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| bufando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | bufado | bufados | ||||
| Feminine | bufada | bufadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | bufo | bufas | bufa | bufamos | bufais | bufam |
| Imperfect | bufava | bufavas | bufava | bufávamos | bufáveis | bufavam |
| Preterite | bufei | bufaste | bufou | bufamos1, bufámos2 | bufastes | bufaram |
| Pluperfect | bufara | bufaras | bufara | bufáramos | bufáreis | bufaram |
| Future | bufarei | bufarás | bufará | bufaremos | bufareis | bufarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| bufaria | bufarias | bufaria | bufaríamos | bufaríeis | bufariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | bufe | bufes | bufe | bufemos | bufeis | bufem |
| Imperfect | bufasse | bufasses | bufasse | bufássemos | bufásseis | bufassem |
| Future | bufar | bufares | bufar | bufarmos | bufardes | bufarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | bufa | bufe | bufemos | bufai | bufem | |
| Negative (não) | não bufes | não bufe | não bufemos | não bufeis | não bufem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- bufa
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) buffar
- (Puter) buffer
- (Vallader) boffar
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin; compare Old French bouffer.
Verb
bufar
- (Sutsilvan) to blow
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) sufflar
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) zuflar
- (Puter) zufler
- (Vallader) sofflar
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈfaɾ/ [buˈfaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bu‧far
Verb
bufar (first-person singular present bufo, first-person singular preterite bufé, past participle bufado)
- to snort (to exhale roughly through the nose)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bufar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | bufar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bufando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bufado | bufada | |||||
| plural | bufados | bufadas | |||||
| 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 | bufo | bufastú bufásvos | bufa | bufamos | bufáis | bufan | |
| imperfect | bufaba | bufabas | bufaba | bufábamos | bufabais | bufaban | |
| preterite | bufé | bufaste | bufó | bufamos | bufasteis | bufaron | |
| future | bufaré | bufarás | bufará | bufaremos | bufaréis | bufarán | |
| conditional | bufaría | bufarías | bufaría | bufaríamos | bufaríais | bufarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bufe | bufestú bufésvos2 | bufe | bufemos | buféis | bufen | |
| imperfect (ra) | bufara | bufaras | bufara | bufáramos | bufarais | bufaran | |
| imperfect (se) | bufase | bufases | bufase | bufásemos | bufaseis | bufasen | |
| future1 | bufare | bufares | bufare | bufáremos | bufareis | bufaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | bufatú bufávos | bufe | bufemos | bufad | bufen | ||
| negative | no bufes | no bufe | no bufemos | no buféis | no bufen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “bufar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014