chafardear
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan xafardejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃafaɾdeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.faɾ.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cha‧far‧de‧ar
Verb
chafardear (first-person singular present chafardeo, first-person singular preterite chafardeé, past participle chafardeado)
- to gossip
- Synonym: chismorrear
Conjugation
Conjugation of chafardear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | chafardear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | chafardeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | chafardeado | chafardeada | |||||
| plural | chafardeados | chafardeadas | |||||
| 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 | chafardeo | chafardeastú chafardeásvos | chafardea | chafardeamos | chafardeáis | chafardean | |
| imperfect | chafardeaba | chafardeabas | chafardeaba | chafardeábamos | chafardeabais | chafardeaban | |
| preterite | chafardeé | chafardeaste | chafardeó | chafardeamos | chafardeasteis | chafardearon | |
| future | chafardearé | chafardearás | chafardeará | chafardearemos | chafardearéis | chafardearán | |
| conditional | chafardearía | chafardearías | chafardearía | chafardearíamos | chafardearíais | chafardearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | chafardee | chafardeestú chafardeésvos2 | chafardee | chafardeemos | chafardeéis | chafardeen | |
| imperfect (ra) | chafardeara | chafardearas | chafardeara | chafardeáramos | chafardearais | chafardearan | |
| imperfect (se) | chafardease | chafardeases | chafardease | chafardeásemos | chafardeaseis | chafardeasen | |
| future1 | chafardeare | chafardeares | chafardeare | chafardeáremos | chafardeareis | chafardearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | chafardeatú chafardeávos | chafardee | chafardeemos | chafardead | chafardeen | ||
| negative | no chafardees | no chafardee | no chafardeemos | no chafardeéis | no chafardeen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “chafardear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014