gallofear

Spanish

Etymology

From gallofo (“loafing”) +‎ -ear, from gallofa (“food given to beggars”), from the Latin Gallī offa (literally “Frenchman's food, food given to Frenchmen”).

Verb

gallofear (first-person singular present gallofeo, first-person singular preterite gallofeé, past participle gallofeado)

1. (informal) to blag; scrounge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gallofear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gallofear
gerund			gallofeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gallofeado		gallofeada
		plural		gallofeados		gallofeadas
		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	gallofeo	gallofeastú gallofeásvos	gallofea	gallofeamos	gallofeáis	gallofean
	imperfect	gallofeaba	gallofeabas	gallofeaba	gallofeábamos	gallofeabais	gallofeaban
	preterite	gallofeé	gallofeaste	gallofeó	gallofeamos	gallofeasteis	gallofearon
	future	gallofearé	gallofearás	gallofeará	gallofearemos	gallofearéis	gallofearán
	conditional	gallofearía	gallofearías	gallofearía	gallofearíamos	gallofearíais	gallofearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gallofee	gallofeestú gallofeésvos2	gallofee	gallofeemos	gallofeéis	gallofeen
	imperfect (ra)	gallofeara	gallofearas	gallofeara	gallofeáramos	gallofearais	gallofearan
	imperfect (se)	gallofease	gallofeases	gallofease	gallofeásemos	gallofeaseis	gallofeasen
	future1	gallofeare	gallofeares	gallofeare	gallofeáremos	gallofeareis	gallofearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gallofeatú gallofeávos	gallofee	gallofeemos	gallofead	gallofeen
	negative		no gallofees	no gallofee	no gallofeemos	no gallofeéis	no gallofeen

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

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “gallofear”, 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