bafexar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1370 ("bafejar"). From bafo +‎ -exar. Cognate with Portuguese bafejar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bafeˈʃaɾ/

Verb

bafexar (first-person singular present bafexo, first-person singular preterite bafexei, past participle bafexado)

  1. (intransitive) to breathe; to exhale
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:
      Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.
      And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Ay Jesús! miña Joiña!
      non falemos nesto mais,
      que dá grima sò o pensalo,
      Deus vos garde bo é san.
      Santiago. Febreiro doce
      Aÿ! que non sey que me dà,
      que me esfraquezo de todo,
      è non podo vafexàr.
      Oh, Jesus! My Jewel!
      Let's not talk about this anymore
      because it brings creeps just to think about it.
      God take care of you, safe and sound.
      Santiago, February twelve
      Oh! I don't know what happens to me
      I'm totally weakening
      and I can't breathe
    Synonym: respirar
  2. (intransitive) to pant, gasp

Conjugation
Conjugation of bafexar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal bafexar
personal bafexar bafexares bafexar bafexarmos bafexardes bafexaren
Gerund
bafexando
Past participle singular plural
masculine bafexado bafexados
feminine bafexada bafexadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present bafexo bafexas bafexa bafexamos bafexades bafexan
imperfect bafexaba bafexabas bafexaba bafexabamos bafexabades bafexaban
preterite bafexei bafexaches bafexou bafexamos bafexastes bafexaron
pluperfect bafexara bafexaras bafexara bafexaramos bafexarades bafexaran
future bafexarei bafexarás bafexará bafexaremos bafexaredes bafexarán
conditional bafexaría bafexarías bafexaría bafexariamos bafexariades bafexarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present bafexe bafexes bafexe bafexemos bafexedes bafexen
preterite bafexase bafexases bafexase bafexásemos bafexásedes bafexasen
future bafexar bafexares bafexar bafexarmos bafexardes bafexaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – bafexa bafexe bafexemos bafexade bafexen
negative – bafexes bafexe bafexemos bafexedes bafexen

References
  • “bafei” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “bafexar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bafexar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bafexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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