cotifar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • cutifar

Etymology

From coteife (“soldier of low extraction”), from Arabic خُطَيْف (ḵuṭayf), diminutive of African Arabic خُطَّاف (ḵuṭṭāf).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko.ti.ˈfaɾ]

Verb

cotifar (first-person singular present cotifo, first-person singular preterite cotifei, past participle cotifado)

  1. to shove
    Synonym: empurrar
  2. to grope
  3. to argue, quarrel
    Synonyms: barallar, esbardallar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cotifar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti)		 Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal cotifar
Personal cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifaren
Gerund
cotifando
Past participle
Masculine cotifado cotifados
Feminine cotifada cotifadas
Indicative
Present cotifo cotifas cotifa cotifamos cotifades cotifan
Imperfect cotifaba cotifabas cotifaba cotifabamos cotifabades cotifaban
Preterite cotifei cotifaches cotifou cotifamos cotifastes cotifaron
Pluperfect cotifara cotifaras cotifara cotifaramos cotifarades cotifaran
Future cotifarei cotifarás cotifará cotifaremos cotifaredes cotifarán
Conditional cotifaría cotifarías cotifaría cotifariamos cotifariades cotifarían
Subjunctive
Present cotife cotifes cotife cotifemos cotifedes cotifen
Imperfect cotifase cotifases cotifase cotifásemos cotifásedes cotifasen
Future cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifaren
Imperative
Affirmative cotifa cotife cotifemos cotifade cotifen
Negative (non) non cotifes non cotife non cotifemos non cotifedes non cotifen
    Reintegrated conjugation of cotifar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti / tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cotifar
Personal cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifarem
Gerund
cotifando
Past participle
Masculine cotifado cotifados
Feminine cotifada cotifadas
Indicative
Present cotifo cotifas cotifa cotifamos cotifades, cotifais cotifam
Imperfect cotifava cotifavas cotifava cotifávamos cotifávades, cotifáveis, cotifávais1 cotifavam
Preterite cotifei cotifaste, cotifache1 cotifou cotifamos cotifastes cotifárom, cotifaram
Pluperfect cotifara cotifaras cotifara cotifáramos cotifárades, cotifáreis, cotifárais1 cotifaram
Future cotifarei cotifarás cotifará cotifaremos cotifaredes, cotifareis cotifarám, cotifarão
Conditional cotifaria cotifarias cotifaria cotifaríamos cotifaríades, cotifaríeis, cotifaríais1 cotifariam
Subjunctive
Present cotife cotifes cotife cotifemos cotifedes, cotifeis cotifem
Imperfect cotifasse cotifasses cotifasse cotifássemos cotifássedes, cotifásseis cotifassem
Future cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifarem
Imperative
Affirmative cotifa cotife cotifemos cotifade, cotifai cotifem
Negative (nom) nom cotifes nom cotife nom cotifemos nom cotifedes, nom cotifeis nom cotifem

1Less recommended.

  • coteife
  • cotifada
  • cotifeiro
  • cotifón

References
  • “coteife” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “coteif” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cotifar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cotifar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cotifar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • “cotifar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “coteife”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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