chimpar

chimpar

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1] Perhaps from an earlier *plimpar. Compare Irish plimp (“sudden fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃimˈpaɾ/

Verb

chimpar (first-person singular present chimpo, first-person singular preterite chimpei, past participle chimpado)

1. to throw down

   Synonyms: botar, deitar, tirar

2. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonyms: brincar, choutar, pinchar, saltar

3. (informal) to overthrow

   Synonym: derrocar

4. (informal) to sack (to discharge from a job or position); to fire
   • 1836, anonymous, Tertulia de Picaños:

     (Pepe): Desíme Andruco: ¿el é serto que botaron d'alí ao Administrador que había, que era el Castillano?

     (Farruco): ¡Non che foi mal botar! Chimpáro-no no Carril, nada máis (por agora) que con dés mil reás.

     (Pepe): —Tell me, Andrew: it's for real that they sacked the Manager they had, who was a Castilian guy?

     (Farruco): —And it was not a raw deal! They sacked him in Carril for just ["just"] ten thousands reals, for now.

   Synonyms: botar, cesar, destituír

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chimpar

infinitive			chimpar
gerund			chimpando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		chimpado		chimpados
		feminine		chimpada		chimpadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	chimpo	chimpas	chimpa	chimpamos	chimpades	chimpan
	imperfect	chimpaba	chimpabas	chimpaba	chimpabamos	chimpabades	chimpaban
	preterite	chimpei	chimpaches	chimpou	chimpamos	chimpastes	chimparon
	pluperfect	chimpara	chimparas	chimpara	chimparamos	chimparades	chimparan
	future	chimparei	chimparás	chimpará	chimparemos	chimparedes	chimparán
	conditional	chimparía	chimparías	chimparía	chimpariamos	chimpariades	chimparían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	chimpe	chimpes	chimpe	chimpemos	chimpedes	chimpen
	preterite	chimpase	chimpases	chimpase	chimpásemos	chimpásedes	chimpasen
	future	chimpar	chimpares	chimpar	chimparmos	chimpardes	chimparen
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	chimpa	chimpe	chimpemos	chimpade	chimpen
	negative	—	chimpes	chimpe	chimpemos	chimpedes	chimpen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		chimpar	chimpares	chimpar	chimparmos	chimpardes	chimparen

Derived terms

• chimpa
• chimpín
• chimpo

Related terms

• pinchar

References

• “chimpar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chimpar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chimpar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. chimpar.