esnifar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English sniff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.niˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.niˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

esnifar (first-person singular present esnifo, first-person singular preterite esnifí, past participle esnifat)

1. to snort (inhale (usually a drug) through the nose)

   Synonym: inhalar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esnifar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esnifar
gerund			esnifant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esnifat		esnifada
		plural		esnifats		esnifades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esnifo	esnifes	esnifa	esnifem	esnifeu	esnifen
	imperfect	esnifava	esnifaves	esnifava	esnifàvem	esnifàveu	esnifaven
	future	esnifaré	esnifaràs	esnifarà	esnifarem	esnifareu	esnifaran
	preterite	esnifí	esnifares	esnifà	esnifàrem	esnifàreu	esnifaren
	conditional	esnifaria	esnifaries	esnifaria	esnifaríem	esnifaríeu	esnifarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esnifi	esnifis	esnifi	esnifem	esnifeu	esnifin
	imperfect	esnifés	esnifessis	esnifés	esniféssim	esniféssiu	esnifessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esnifa	esnifi	esnifem	esnifeu	esnifin
	negative (no)	—	no esnifis	no esnifi	no esnifem	no esnifeu	no esnifin

Spanish

Alternative forms

• esnifiar

Etymology

Borrowed from English sniff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esniˈfaɾ/ [ez.niˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧ni‧far

Verb

esnifar (first-person singular present esnifo, first-person singular preterite esnifé, past participle esnifado)

1. to snort (inhale (usually a drug) through the nose)

   Synonym: inhalar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esnifar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			esnifar
gerund			esnifando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esnifado		esnifada
		plural		esnifados		esnifadas
		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	esnifo	esnifastú esnifásvos	esnifa	esnifamos	esnifáis	esnifan
	imperfect	esnifaba	esnifabas	esnifaba	esnifábamos	esnifabais	esnifaban
	preterite	esnifé	esnifaste	esnifó	esnifamos	esnifasteis	esnifaron
	future	esnifaré	esnifarás	esnifará	esnifaremos	esnifaréis	esnifarán
	conditional	esnifaría	esnifarías	esnifaría	esnifaríamos	esnifaríais	esnifarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esnife	esnifestú esnifésvos2	esnife	esnifemos	esniféis	esnifen
	imperfect (ra)	esnifara	esnifaras	esnifara	esnifáramos	esnifarais	esnifaran
	imperfect (se)	esnifase	esnifases	esnifase	esnifásemos	esnifaseis	esnifasen
	future1	esnifare	esnifares	esnifare	esnifáremos	esnifareis	esnifaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esnifatú esnifávos	esnife	esnifemos	esnifad	esnifen
	negative		no esnifes	no esnife	no esnifemos	no esniféis	no esnifen

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

Further reading

• “esnifar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• esnifiar | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE