zafar

See also: Zafar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese çafar (“to vanish”) (13th century), from Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [za.ˈfaɾ], (western) [sa.ˈfaɾ]

Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafei, past participle zafado)

  1. (transitive) to let off, spare, free
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun or intransitive) to get out (to come out of a situation)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to handle oneself

Conjugation
    Conjugation of zafar
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 zafar
Personal zafar zafares zafar zafarmos zafardes zafaren
Gerund
zafando
Past participle
Masculine zafado zafados
Feminine zafada zafadas
Indicative
Present zafo zafas zafa zafamos zafades zafan
Imperfect zafaba zafabas zafaba zafabamos zafabades zafaban
Preterite zafei zafaches zafou zafamos zafastes zafaron
Pluperfect zafara zafaras zafara zafaramos zafarades zafaran
Future zafarei zafarás zafará zafaremos zafaredes zafarán
Conditional zafaría zafarías zafaría zafariamos zafariades zafarían
Subjunctive
Present zafe zafes zafe zafemos zafedes zafen
Imperfect zafase zafases zafase zafásemos zafásedes zafasen
Future zafar zafares zafar zafarmos zafardes zafaren
Imperative
Affirmative zafa zafe zafemos zafade zafen
Negative (non) non zafes non zafe non zafemos non zafedes non zafen
    Reintegrated conjugation of zafar (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 zafar
Personal zafar zafares zafar zafarmos zafardes zafarem
Gerund
zafando
Past participle
Masculine zafado zafados
Feminine zafada zafadas
Indicative
Present zafo zafas zafa zafamos zafades, zafais zafam
Imperfect zafava zafavas zafava zafávamos zafávades, zafáveis, zafávais1 zafavam
Preterite zafei zafaste, zafache1 zafou zafamos zafastes zafárom, zafaram
Pluperfect zafara zafaras zafara zafáramos zafárades, zafáreis, zafárais1 zafaram
Future zafarei zafarás zafará zafaremos zafaredes, zafareis zafarám, zafarão
Conditional zafaria zafarias zafaria zafaríamos zafaríades, zafaríeis, zafaríais1 zafariam
Subjunctive
Present zafe zafes zafe zafemos zafedes, zafeis zafem
Imperfect zafasse zafasses zafasse zafássemos zafássedes, zafásseis zafassem
Future zafar zafares zafar zafarmos zafardes zafarem
Imperative
Affirmative zafa zafe zafemos zafade, zafai zafem
Negative (nom) nom zafes nom zafe nom zafemos nom zafedes, nom zafeis nom zafem

1Less recommended.

Derived terms

References
  • “çafar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “çafa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “safar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “zafar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “zafar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • “zafar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “zafar” 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) “zafar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θaˈfaɾ/ [θaˈfaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /saˈfaɾ/ [saˈfaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: za‧far

Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafé, past participle zafado)

  1. (transitive) to loosen; to untie
    Synonym: aflojar
  2. (intransitive, Latin America, followed by "de") to get out of; to dodge (an obligation)
  3. (reflexive) to come undone; to loosen up
  4. (reflexive, followed by "de") to free oneself of; to get free of

Conjugation
    Conjugation of zafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive zafar
gerund zafando
past participle masculine feminine
singular zafado zafada
plural zafados zafadas
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 zafo zafastú
zafásvos		 zafa zafamos zafáis zafan
imperfect zafaba zafabas zafaba zafábamos zafabais zafaban
preterite zafé zafaste zafó zafamos zafasteis zafaron
future zafaré zafarás zafará zafaremos zafaréis zafarán
conditional zafaría zafarías zafaría zafaríamos zafaríais zafarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zafe zafestú
zafésvos2		 zafe zafemos zaféis zafen
imperfect
(ra)		 zafara zafaras zafara zafáramos zafarais zafaran
imperfect
(se)		 zafase zafases zafase zafásemos zafaseis zafasen
future1 zafare zafares zafare zafáremos zafareis zafaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative zafatú
zafávos		 zafe zafemos zafad zafen
negative no zafes no zafe no zafemos no zaféis no zafen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of zafar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive zafar
dative zafarme zafarte zafarle, zafarse zafarnos zafaros zafarles, zafarse
accusative zafarme zafarte zafarlo, zafarla, zafarse zafarnos zafaros zafarlos, zafarlas, zafarse
with gerund zafando
dative zafándome zafándote zafándole, zafándose zafándonos zafándoos zafándoles, zafándose
accusative zafándome zafándote zafándolo, zafándola, zafándose zafándonos zafándoos zafándolos, zafándolas, zafándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zafa
dative záfame záfate záfale záfanos not used záfales
accusative záfame záfate záfalo, záfala záfanos not used záfalos, záfalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zafá
dative zafame zafate zafale zafanos not used zafales
accusative zafame zafate zafalo, zafala zafanos not used zafalos, zafalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zafe
dative záfeme not used záfele, záfese záfenos not used záfeles
accusative záfeme not used záfelo, záfela, záfese záfenos not used záfelos, záfelas
with first-person plural imperative zafemos
dative not used zafémoste zafémosle zafémonos zafémoos zafémosles
accusative not used zafémoste zafémoslo, zafémosla zafémonos zafémoos zafémoslos, zafémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zafad
dative zafadme not used zafadle zafadnos zafaos zafadles
accusative zafadme not used zafadlo, zafadla zafadnos zafaos zafadlos, zafadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zafen
dative záfenme not used záfenle záfennos not used záfenles, záfense
accusative záfenme not used záfenlo, záfenla záfennos not used záfenlos, záfenlas, záfense

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: safar

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Noun

zafar (plural zafarlar)

  1. victory, triumph
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