cotifar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • cutifar

Etymology

From coteife (“soldier of low extraction”), from Arabic خُطَيْف‎ (ḵuṭayf), diminutive of African Arabic خُطَّاف‎ (ḵuṭṭāf).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko.ti.ˈfaɾ]

Verb

cotifar (first-person singular present cotifo, first-person singular preterite cotifei, past participle cotifado)

  1. to shove
    Synonym: empurrar
  2. to grope
  3. to argue, quarrel
    Synonyms: barallar, esbardallar

Conjugation
Conjugation of cotifar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal cotifar
personal cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifaren
Gerund
cotifando
Past participle singular plural
masculine cotifado cotifados
feminine cotifada cotifadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present cotifo cotifas cotifa cotifamos cotifades cotifan
imperfect cotifaba cotifabas cotifaba cotifabamos cotifabades cotifaban
preterite cotifei cotifaches cotifou cotifamos cotifastes cotifaron
pluperfect cotifara cotifaras cotifara cotifaramos cotifarades cotifaran
future cotifarei cotifarás cotifará cotifaremos cotifaredes cotifarán
conditional cotifaría cotifarías cotifaría cotifariamos cotifariades cotifarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present cotife cotifes cotife cotifemos cotifedes cotifen
preterite cotifase cotifases cotifase cotifásemos cotifásedes cotifasen
future cotifar cotifares cotifar cotifarmos cotifardes cotifaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – cotifa cotife cotifemos cotifade cotifen
negative – cotifes cotife cotifemos cotifedes cotifen
  • coteife
  • cotifada
  • cotifeiro
  • cotifón

References
  • “coteife” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “coteif” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cotifar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cotifar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cotifar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “coteife”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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