zafar

See also: 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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [za.ˈfaɾ], (western) [sa.ˈfaɾ]

Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafei, past participle zafado)

1. (transitive) to let off, spare, free
2. (pronominal or intransitive) to get out (to come out of a situation)
3. (pronominal) to handle oneself

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	zafar
Personal	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafaren
Gerund
	zafando
Past participle
Masculine	zafado			zafados
Feminine	zafada			zafadas
Indicative
Present	zafo	zafas	zafa	zafamos	zafades	zafan
Imperfect	zafaba	zafabas	zafaba	zafabamos	zafabades	zafaban
Preterite	zafei	zafaches	zafou	zafamos	zafastes	zafaron
Pluperfect	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafaramos	zafarades	zafaran
Future	zafarei	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaredes	zafarán
Conditional	zafaría	zafarías	zafaría	zafariamos	zafariades	zafarían
Subjunctive
Present	zafe	zafes	zafe	zafemos	zafedes	zafen
Imperfect	zafase	zafases	zafase	zafásemos	zafásedes	zafasen
Future	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafaren
Imperative
Affirmative		zafa	zafe	zafemos	zafade	zafen
Negative (non)		non zafes	non zafe	non zafemos	non zafedes	non zafen

    Conjugation of zafar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	zafar
Personal	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafarem
Gerund
	zafando
Past participle
Masculine	zafado			zafados
Feminine	zafada			zafadas
Indicative
Present	zafo	zafas	zafa	zafamos	zafades, zafais	zafam
Imperfect	zafava	zafavas	zafava	zafávamos	zafávades, zafáveis, zafávais1	zafavam
Preterite	zafei	zafaste, zafache1	zafou	zafamos	zafastes	zafárom, zafaram
Pluperfect	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafáramos	zafárades, zafáreis, zafárais1	zafaram
Future	zafarei	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaredes, zafareis	zafarám, zafarão
Conditional	zafaria	zafarias	zafaria	zafaríamos	zafaríades, zafaríeis, zafaríais1	zafariam
Subjunctive
Present	zafe	zafes	zafe	zafemos	zafedes, zafeis	zafem
Imperfect	zafasse	zafasses	zafasse	zafássemos	zafássedes, zafásseis	zafassem
Future	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafarem
Imperative
Affirmative		zafa	zafe	zafemos	zafade, zafai	zafem
Negative (nom)		nom zafes	nom zafe	nom zafemos	nom zafedes, nom zafeis	nom zafem

    Reintegrated conjugation of zafar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less 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

1. 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^(key): (Spain) /θaˈfaɾ/ [θaˈfaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (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)

1. (transitive) to loosen; to untie

   Synonym: aflojar

2. (intransitive, Latin America, followed by "de") to get out of; to dodge (an obligation)
3. (reflexive) to come undone; to loosen up
4. (reflexive, followed by "de") to free oneself of; to get free of

Conjugation

infinitive			zafar
gerund			zafando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zafado		zafada
		plural		zafados		zafadas
		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	zafo	zafastú zafásvos	zafa	zafamos	zafáis	zafan
	imperfect	zafaba	zafabas	zafaba	zafábamos	zafabais	zafaban
	preterite	zafé	zafaste	zafó	zafamos	zafasteis	zafaron
	future	zafaré	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaréis	zafarán
	conditional	zafaría	zafarías	zafaría	zafaríamos	zafaríais	zafarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zafe	zafestú zafésvos2	zafe	zafemos	zaféis	zafen
	imperfect (ra)	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafáramos	zafarais	zafaran
	imperfect (se)	zafase	zafases	zafase	zafásemos	zafaseis	zafasen
	future1	zafare	zafares	zafare	zafáremos	zafareis	zafaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zafatú zafávos	zafe	zafemos	zafad	zafen
	negative		no zafes	no zafe	no zafemos	no zaféis	no zafen

    Conjugation of zafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive zafar
	dative	zafarme	zafarte	zafarle, zafarse	zafarnos	zafaros	zafarles, zafarse
	accusative	zafarme	zafarte	zafarlo, zafarla, zafarse	zafarnos	zafaros	zafarlos, zafarlas, zafarse
with gerund zafando
	dative	zafándome	zafándote	zafándole, zafándose	zafándonos	zafándoos	zafándoles, zafándose
	accusative	zafándome	zafándote	zafándolo, zafándola, zafándose	zafándonos	zafándoos	zafándolos, zafándolas, zafándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zafa
	dative	záfame	záfate	záfale	záfanos	not used	záfales
	accusative	záfame	záfate	záfalo, záfala	záfanos	not used	záfalos, záfalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zafá
	dative	zafame	zafate	zafale	zafanos	not used	zafales
	accusative	zafame	zafate	zafalo, zafala	zafanos	not used	zafalos, zafalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zafe
	dative	záfeme	not used	záfele, záfese	záfenos	not used	záfeles
	accusative	záfeme	not used	záfelo, záfela, záfese	záfenos	not used	záfelos, záfelas
with first-person plural imperative zafemos
	dative	not used	zafémoste	zafémosle	zafémonos	zafémoos	zafémosles
	accusative	not used	zafémoste	zafémoslo, zafémosla	zafémonos	zafémoos	zafémoslos, zafémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zafad
	dative	zafadme	not used	zafadle	zafadnos	zafaos	zafadles
	accusative	zafadme	not used	zafadlo, zafadla	zafadnos	zafaos	zafadlos, zafadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zafen
	dative	záfenme	not used	záfenle	záfennos	not used	záfenles, záfense
	accusative	záfenme	not used	záfenlo, záfenla	záfennos	not used	záfenlos, záfenlas, záfense

    Selected combined forms of zafar

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)

1. victory, triumph

Related terms

• muzaffar