refunfuñar

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refunfuˈɲaɾ/ [re.fũɱ.fuˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fun‧fu‧ñar

Verb

refunfuñar (first-person singular present refunfuño, first-person singular preterite refunfuñé, past participle refunfuñado)

1. (intransitive) to grumble
2. (intransitive) to blather, mumble (speak gibberish)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refunfuñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refunfuñar
gerund			refunfuñando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refunfuñado		refunfuñada
		plural		refunfuñados		refunfuñadas
		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	refunfuño	refunfuñastú refunfuñásvos	refunfuña	refunfuñamos	refunfuñáis	refunfuñan
	imperfect	refunfuñaba	refunfuñabas	refunfuñaba	refunfuñábamos	refunfuñabais	refunfuñaban
	preterite	refunfuñé	refunfuñaste	refunfuñó	refunfuñamos	refunfuñasteis	refunfuñaron
	future	refunfuñaré	refunfuñarás	refunfuñará	refunfuñaremos	refunfuñaréis	refunfuñarán
	conditional	refunfuñaría	refunfuñarías	refunfuñaría	refunfuñaríamos	refunfuñaríais	refunfuñarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refunfuñe	refunfuñestú refunfuñésvos2	refunfuñe	refunfuñemos	refunfuñéis	refunfuñen
	imperfect (ra)	refunfuñara	refunfuñaras	refunfuñara	refunfuñáramos	refunfuñarais	refunfuñaran
	imperfect (se)	refunfuñase	refunfuñases	refunfuñase	refunfuñásemos	refunfuñaseis	refunfuñasen
	future1	refunfuñare	refunfuñares	refunfuñare	refunfuñáremos	refunfuñareis	refunfuñaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refunfuñatú refunfuñávos	refunfuñe	refunfuñemos	refunfuñad	refunfuñen
	negative		no refunfuñes	no refunfuñe	no refunfuñemos	no refunfuñéis	no refunfuñen

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

Further reading

• “refunfuñar”, 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