farfallar

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār). Compare Portuguese farfalhar and Spanish farfullar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faɾfaˈʎaɾ]

Verb

farfallar (first-person singular present farfallo, first-person singular preterite farfallei, past participle farfallado)

1. to rant, disparage

   Synonyms: esbardallar, latricar

   • 1859, Manuel Fernández Magariños, Vésperas da guerra de Italia:

     o Seor Pedro é compasible de todo xénero humano; Pro tamén de cando en veces cómpre remangar o sacho, e farfallar ó mal feito, que os vellos foron deixando, e o Seor Pedro destonces non se pon engoumiñado;

     Señor Pedro is compassionate of all of the humankind; but from time to time one ought to change the handle of the hoe and rant about wrongdoings that the elders let be and, at that moments, Señor Pedro doesn't cringe

2. to boast, brag

   Synonym: borrear

3. to babble, prattle

   Synonym: marmurar

4. to rustle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of farfallar

	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	farfallar
Personal	farfallar	farfallares	farfallar	farfallarmos	farfallardes	farfallaren
Gerund
	farfallando
Past participle
Masculine	farfallado			farfallados
Feminine	farfallada			farfalladas
Indicative
Present	farfallo	farfallas	farfalla	farfallamos	farfallades	farfallan
Imperfect	farfallaba	farfallabas	farfallaba	farfallabamos	farfallabades	farfallaban
Preterite	farfallei	farfallaches	farfallou	farfallamos	farfallastes	farfallaron
Pluperfect	farfallara	farfallaras	farfallara	farfallaramos	farfallarades	farfallaran
Future	farfallarei	farfallarás	farfallará	farfallaremos	farfallaredes	farfallarán
Conditional	farfallaría	farfallarías	farfallaría	farfallariamos	farfallariades	farfallarían
Subjunctive
Present	farfalle	farfalles	farfalle	farfallemos	farfalledes	farfallen
Imperfect	farfallase	farfallases	farfallase	farfallásemos	farfallásedes	farfallasen
Future	farfallar	farfallares	farfallar	farfallarmos	farfallardes	farfallaren
Imperative
Affirmative		farfalla	farfalle	farfallemos	farfallade	farfallen
Negative (non)		non farfalles	non farfalle	non farfallemos	non farfalledes	non farfallen

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “farfallar”, 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), “farfallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farfallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN