gafar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈfaɾ]

Verb

gafar (first-person singular present gafo, first-person singular preterite gafí, past participle gafat)

1. (transitive) Alternative form of agafar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gafar (first conjugation)

infinitive			gafar
gerund			gafant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gafat		gafada
		plural		gafats		gafades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gafo	gafes	gafa	gafem	gafeu	gafen
	imperfect	gafava	gafaves	gafava	gafàvem	gafàveu	gafaven
	future	gafaré	gafaràs	gafarà	gafarem	gafareu	gafaran
	preterite	gafí	gafares	gafà	gafàrem	gafàreu	gafaren
	conditional	gafaria	gafaries	gafaria	gafaríem	gafaríeu	gafarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gafi	gafis	gafi	gafem	gafeu	gafin
	imperfect	gafés	gafessis	gafés	gaféssim	gaféssiu	gafessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gafa	gafi	gafem	gafeu	gafin
	negative (no)	—	no gafis	no gafi	no gafem	no gafeu	no gafin

Derived terms

• gafet

Further reading

• “gafar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From gafe +‎ -ar.

Verb

gafar (first-person singular present gafo, first-person singular preterite gafei, past participle gafado)

1. to jinx, to put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.)
2. (reflexive) To be jinx, to be put a jinx on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gafar

	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	gafar
Personal	gafar	gafares	gafar	gafarmos	gafardes	gafaren
Gerund
	gafando
Past participle
Masculine	gafado			gafados
Feminine	gafada			gafadas
Indicative
Present	gafo	gafas	gafa	gafamos	gafades	gafan
Imperfect	gafaba	gafabas	gafaba	gafabamos	gafabades	gafaban
Preterite	gafei	gafaches	gafou	gafamos	gafastes	gafaron
Pluperfect	gafara	gafaras	gafara	gafaramos	gafarades	gafaran
Future	gafarei	gafarás	gafará	gafaremos	gafaredes	gafarán
Conditional	gafaría	gafarías	gafaría	gafariamos	gafariades	gafarían
Subjunctive
Present	gafe	gafes	gafe	gafemos	gafedes	gafen
Imperfect	gafase	gafases	gafase	gafásemos	gafásedes	gafasen
Future	gafar	gafares	gafar	gafarmos	gafardes	gafaren
Imperative
Affirmative		gafa	gafe	gafemos	gafade	gafen
Negative (non)		non gafes	non gafe	non gafemos	non gafedes	non gafen

    Reintegrated conjugation of gafar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gafar
Personal	gafar	gafares	gafar	gafarmos	gafardes	gafarem
Gerund
	gafando
Past participle
Masculine	gafado			gafados
Feminine	gafada			gafadas
Indicative
Present	gafo	gafas	gafa	gafamos	gafades, gafais	gafam
Imperfect	gafava	gafavas	gafava	gafávamos	gafávades, gafáveis, gafávais1	gafavam
Preterite	gafei	gafaste, gafache1	gafou	gafamos	gafastes	gafárom, gafaram
Pluperfect	gafara	gafaras	gafara	gafáramos	gafárades, gafáreis, gafárais1	gafaram
Future	gafarei	gafarás	gafará	gafaremos	gafaredes, gafareis	gafarám, gafarão
Conditional	gafaria	gafarias	gafaria	gafaríamos	gafaríades, gafaríeis, gafaríais1	gafariam
Subjunctive
Present	gafe	gafes	gafe	gafemos	gafedes, gafeis	gafem
Imperfect	gafasse	gafasses	gafasse	gafássemos	gafássedes, gafásseis	gafassem
Future	gafar	gafares	gafar	gafarmos	gafardes	gafarem
Imperative
Affirmative		gafa	gafe	gafemos	gafade, gafai	gafem
Negative (nom)		nom gafes	nom gafe	nom gafemos	nom gafedes, nom gafeis	nom gafem

¹Less recommended.

Spanish

Etymology

From gafe +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈfaɾ/ [ɡaˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧far

Verb

gafar (first-person singular present gafo, first-person singular preterite gafé, past participle gafado)

1. to jinx, put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
2. (reflexive) to be jinx, be put a jinx on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gafar
gerund			gafando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gafado		gafada
		plural		gafados		gafadas
		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	gafo	gafastú gafásvos	gafa	gafamos	gafáis	gafan
	imperfect	gafaba	gafabas	gafaba	gafábamos	gafabais	gafaban
	preterite	gafé	gafaste	gafó	gafamos	gafasteis	gafaron
	future	gafaré	gafarás	gafará	gafaremos	gafaréis	gafarán
	conditional	gafaría	gafarías	gafaría	gafaríamos	gafaríais	gafarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gafe	gafestú gafésvos2	gafe	gafemos	gaféis	gafen
	imperfect (ra)	gafara	gafaras	gafara	gafáramos	gafarais	gafaran
	imperfect (se)	gafase	gafases	gafase	gafásemos	gafaseis	gafasen
	future1	gafare	gafares	gafare	gafáremos	gafareis	gafaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gafatú gafávos	gafe	gafemos	gafad	gafen
	negative		no gafes	no gafe	no gafemos	no gaféis	no gafen

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

    Selected combined forms of gafar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive gafar	dative	gafarme	gafarte	gafarle, gafarse	gafarnos	gafaros	gafarles, gafarse
	accusative	gafarme	gafarte	gafarlo, gafarla, gafarse	gafarnos	gafaros	gafarlos, gafarlas, gafarse
with gerund gafando	dative	gafándome	gafándote	gafándole, gafándose	gafándonos	gafándoos	gafándoles, gafándose
	accusative	gafándome	gafándote	gafándolo, gafándola, gafándose	gafándonos	gafándoos	gafándolos, gafándolas, gafándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gafa	dative	gáfame	gáfate	gáfale	gáfanos	not used	gáfales
	accusative	gáfame	gáfate	gáfalo, gáfala	gáfanos	not used	gáfalos, gáfalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gafá	dative	gafame	gafate	gafale	gafanos	not used	gafales
	accusative	gafame	gafate	gafalo, gafala	gafanos	not used	gafalos, gafalas
with formal second-person singular imperative gafe	dative	gáfeme	not used	gáfele, gáfese	gáfenos	not used	gáfeles
	accusative	gáfeme	not used	gáfelo, gáfela, gáfese	gáfenos	not used	gáfelos, gáfelas
with first-person plural imperative gafemos	dative	not used	gafémoste	gafémosle	gafémonos	gafémoos	gafémosles
	accusative	not used	gafémoste	gafémoslo, gafémosla	gafémonos	gafémoos	gafémoslos, gafémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative gafad	dative	gafadme	not used	gafadle	gafadnos	gafaos	gafadles
	accusative	gafadme	not used	gafadlo, gafadla	gafadnos	gafaos	gafadlos, gafadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative gafen	dative	gáfenme	not used	gáfenle	gáfennos	not used	gáfenles, gáfense
	accusative	gáfenme	not used	gáfenlo, gáfenla	gáfennos	not used	gáfenlos, gáfenlas, gáfense

Further reading

• “gafar”, 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