# chufar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chufar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin sufilare, from Latin sibilare (“to whistle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃuˈfaɾ/

### Verb

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufei, past participle chufado)
* (transitive) to flatter
    Synonym: gabar
* (intransitive) to boast, to brag
    Chufa, carracha, que vas prá sacha!Brag, weed, you're going to the hoe! (idiom)
    Synonym: alardear
* (transitive) to scorn
    Synonyms: escarnecer, escarnir
* (pronominal) to make fun of, to scoff
    Synonym: burlar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* chufa
* chufador

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chufar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chuf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chufar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chufar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chufar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chufar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chufar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chufa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sufilāre, from Latin sibilāre. By surface analysis, chufa +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃuˈfa(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈfa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃuˈfa(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈfa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃuˈfa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃuˈfa(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈfa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃuˈfa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈfaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈfaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃuˈfaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈfa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: chu‧far

### Verb

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufei, past participle chufado)
* (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
* (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “chufar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “chufar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “chufar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “chufar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “chufar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “chufar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From chuflar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃuˈfaɾ/ [t͡ʃuˈfaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: chu‧far

### Verb

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufé, past participle chufado)
* to make fun of
* (intransitive) to scoff

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* chufa
* enchufar

### Further reading

* “chufar”, 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