xafar

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Related to Spanish chafar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈfa]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [t͡ʃaˈfaɾ]

Verb

xafar (first-person singular present xafo, first-person singular preterite xafí, past participle xafat)

to crush
Synonym: esclafar

Conjugation

Conjugation of xafar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			xafar
gerund			xafant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		xafat		xafada
		plural		xafats		xafades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	xafo	xafes	xafa	xafem	xafeu	xafen
	imperfect	xafava	xafaves	xafava	xafàvem	xafàveu	xafaven
	future	xafaré	xafaràs	xafarà	xafarem	xafareu	xafaran
	preterite	xafí	xafares	xafà	xafàrem	xafàreu	xafaren
	conditional	xafaria	xafaries	xafaria	xafaríem	xafaríeu	xafarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	xafi	xafis	xafi	xafem	xafeu	xafin
	imperfect	xafés	xafessis	xafés	xaféssim	xaféssiu	xafessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	xafa	xafi	xafem	xafeu	xafin
	negative (no)	—	no xafis	no xafi	no xafem	no xafeu	no xafin

Derived terms

aixafar

Further reading

“xafar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“xafar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“xafar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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