brifar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English brief + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈfa.ɾi/

Verb

brifar (first-person singular present brifo, first-person singular preterite brifei, past participle brifado)

1. (informal, transitive) to brief (to summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power)
2. (informal, transitive) to give someone a briefing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brifar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	brifar
Personal	brifar	brifares	brifar	brifarmos	brifardes	brifarem
Gerund
	brifando
Past participle
Masculine	brifado			brifados
Feminine	brifada			brifadas
Indicative
Present	brifo	brifas	brifa	brifamos	brifais	brifam
Imperfect	brifava	brifavas	brifava	brifávamos	brifáveis	brifavam
Preterite	brifei	brifaste	brifou	brifamos1, brifámos2	brifastes	brifaram
Pluperfect	brifara	brifaras	brifara	brifáramos	brifáreis	brifaram
Future	brifarei	brifarás	brifará	brifaremos	brifareis	brifarão
Conditional	brifaria	brifarias	brifaria	brifaríamos	brifaríeis	brifariam
Subjunctive
Present	brife	brifes	brife	brifemos	brifeis	brifem
Imperfect	brifasse	brifasses	brifasse	brifássemos	brifásseis	brifassem
Future	brifar	brifares	brifar	brifarmos	brifardes	brifarem
Imperative
Affirmative		brifa	brife	brifemos	brifai	brifem
Negative (não)		não brifes	não brife	não brifemos	não brifeis	não brifem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• breve
• briefing

Further reading

• “brifar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “brifar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025