chafallar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From chafalla, from chafar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃafaˈʎaɾ]

Verb

chafallar (first-person singular present chafallo, first-person singular preterite chafallei, past participle chafallado)

  1. to mess up; to work aimless or carelessly

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chafar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos