cotifar

Galician

Alternative forms

  • cutifar

Etymology

From coteife (soldier of low extraction), from Arabic خُطَيْف (ḵuṭayf), diminutive of African Arabic خُطَّاف (ḵuṭṭāf).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko.ti.ˈfaɾ]

Verb

cotifar (first-person singular present cotifo, first-person singular preterite cotifei, past participle cotifado)

  1. to shove
    Synonym: empurrar
  2. to grope
  3. to argue, quarrel
    Synonyms: barallar, esbardallar

Conjugation

  • coteife
  • cotifada
  • cotifeiro
  • cotifón

References

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