bafexar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1370 ("bafejar"). From bafo +‎ -exar. Cognate with Portuguese bafejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bafeˈʃaɾ/

Verb

bafexar (first-person singular present bafexo, first-person singular preterite bafexei, past participle bafexado)

1. (intransitive) to breathe; to exhale

   Synonym: respirar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:

     Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.

     And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Ay Jesús! miña Joiña!
     non falemos nesto mais,
     que dá grima sò o pensalo,
     Deus vos garde bo é san.
     Santiago. Febreiro doce
     Aÿ! que non sey que me dà,
     que me esfraquezo de todo,
     è non podo vafexàr.

     Oh, Jesus! My Jewel!
     Let's not talk about this anymore
     because it brings creeps just to think about it.
     God take care of you, safe and sound.
     Santiago, February twelve
     Oh! I don't know what happens to me
     I'm totally weakening
     and I can't breathe

2. (intransitive) to pant, gasp

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bafexar

	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	bafexar
Personal	bafexar	bafexares	bafexar	bafexarmos	bafexardes	bafexaren
Gerund
	bafexando
Past participle
Masculine	bafexado			bafexados
Feminine	bafexada			bafexadas
Indicative
Present	bafexo	bafexas	bafexa	bafexamos	bafexades	bafexan
Imperfect	bafexaba	bafexabas	bafexaba	bafexabamos	bafexabades	bafexaban
Preterite	bafexei	bafexaches	bafexou	bafexamos	bafexastes	bafexaron
Pluperfect	bafexara	bafexaras	bafexara	bafexaramos	bafexarades	bafexaran
Future	bafexarei	bafexarás	bafexará	bafexaremos	bafexaredes	bafexarán
Conditional	bafexaría	bafexarías	bafexaría	bafexariamos	bafexariades	bafexarían
Subjunctive
Present	bafexe	bafexes	bafexe	bafexemos	bafexedes	bafexen
Imperfect	bafexase	bafexases	bafexase	bafexásemos	bafexásedes	bafexasen
Future	bafexar	bafexares	bafexar	bafexarmos	bafexardes	bafexaren
Imperative
Affirmative		bafexa	bafexe	bafexemos	bafexade	bafexen
Negative (non)		non bafexes	non bafexe	non bafexemos	non bafexedes	non bafexen

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bafei”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bafexar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bafexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bafexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN