# zafar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* safar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese çafar (“to vanish”) (13th century), from Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [za.ˈfaɾ], (western) [sa.ˈfaɾ]

### Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafei, past participle zafado)
* (transitive) to let off, spare, free
* (pronominal or intransitive) to get out (to come out of a situation)
* (pronominal) to handle oneself

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* zafada
* zafado
* zafo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “çafar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çafa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “safar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zafar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “zafar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zafar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zafar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zafar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θaˈfaɾ/ [θaˈfaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /saˈfaɾ/ [saˈfaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: za‧far

### Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafé, past participle zafado)
* (transitive) to loosen; to untie
    Synonym: aflojar
* (intransitive, Latin America, followed by "de") to get out of; to dodge (an obligation)
* (reflexive) to come undone; to loosen up
* (reflexive, followed by "de") to free oneself of; to get free of

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | zafar | zafar | zafar | zafar | zafar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | zafando | zafando | zafando | zafando | zafando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | zafado | zafado | zafada | zafada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | zafados | zafados | zafadas | zafadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | zafo | zafas$^{tú}$ zafás$^{vos}$ | zafa | zafamos | zafáis | zafan |
| indicative | imperfect | zafaba | zafabas | zafaba | zafábamos | zafabais | zafaban |
| indicative | preterite | zafé | zafaste | zafó | zafamos | zafasteis | zafaron |
| indicative | future | zafaré | zafarás | zafará | zafaremos | zafaréis | zafarán |
| indicative | conditional | zafaría | zafarías | zafaría | zafaríamos | zafaríais | zafarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | zafe | zafes$^{tú}$ zafés$^{vos2}$ | zafe | zafemos | zaféis | zafen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | zafara | zafaras | zafara | zafáramos | zafarais | zafaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | zafase | zafases | zafase | zafásemos | zafaseis | zafasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | zafare | zafares | zafare | zafáremos | zafareis | zafaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | zafa$^{tú}$ zafá$^{vos}$ | zafe | zafemos | zafad | zafen |
| imperative | negative | | no zafes | no zafe | no zafemos | no zaféis | no zafen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: safar

### Further reading

* “zafar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

### Noun

zafar (plural zafarlar)
* victory, triumph

#### Related terms

* muzaffar