chufar

From Old Galician-Portuguese chufar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin sufilare, from Latin sibilare (“to whistle”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈfaɾ/

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufei, past participle chufado)

1. (transitive) to flatter

   Synonym: gabar

2. (intransitive) to boast, to brag

   Chufa, carracha, que vas prá sacha!

   Brag, weed, you're going to the hoe!

   (idiom)

   Synonym: alardear

3. (transitive) to scorn

   Synonyms: escarnecer, escarnir

4. (pronominal) to make fun of, to scoff

   Synonym: burlar

• chufa
• chufador

• 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

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

• Hyphenation: chu‧far

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufei, past participle chufado)

1. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “chufar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (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

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈfaɾ/ [t͡ʃuˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chu‧far

chufar (first-person singular present chufo, first-person singular preterite chufé, past participle chufado)

1. to make fun of
2. (intransitive) to scoff

• “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], 10 December 2024