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Galician
Etymology
From chifre (“whistle”).
Pronunciation
Verb
chifrar (first-person singular present chifro, first-person singular preterite chifrei, past participle chifrado)
- to whistle
1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume II, number 26, page 3:Marmurando docemente a terra lambe o regato qu'arrastra a súa corrente e o grilo chifrar se sente a porta do seu burato- Sweetly murmuring, the ground licks the stream that pulls forth its current and the cricket is heard whistling at the door of his hole
- (archaic) to gore (to pierce with the horns)
1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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chifrar
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Personal
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chifrar
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chifrares
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chifrar
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chifrarmos
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chifrardes
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chifrarem
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Gerund
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chifrando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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chifrado
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chifrados
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Feminine
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chifrada
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chifradas
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Indicative
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Present
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chifro
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chifras
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chifra
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chiframos
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chifrades, chifrais
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chifram
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Imperfect
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chifrava
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chifravas
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chifrava
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chifrávamos
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chifrávades, chifráveis, chifrávais1
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chifravam
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Preterite
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chifrei
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chifraste, chifrache1
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chifrou
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chiframos
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chifrastes
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chifrárom, chifraram
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Pluperfect
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chifrara
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chifraras
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chifrara
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chifráramos
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chifrárades, chifráreis, chifrárais1
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chifraram
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Future
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chifrarei
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chifrarás
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chifrará
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chifraremos
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chifraredes, chifrareis
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chifrarám, chifrarão
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Conditional
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chifraria
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chifrarias
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chifraria
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chifraríamos
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chifraríades, chifraríeis, chifraríais1
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chifrariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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chifre
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chifres
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chifre
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chifremos
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chifredes, chifreis
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chifrem
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Imperfect
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chifrasse
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chifrasses
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chifrasse
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chifrássemos
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chifrássedes, chifrásseis
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chifrassem
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Future
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chifrar
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chifrares
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chifrar
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chifrarmos
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chifrardes
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chifrarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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chifra
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chifre
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chifremos
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chifrade, chifrai
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chifrem
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Negative (nom)
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nom chifres
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nom chifre
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nom chifremos
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nom chifredes, nom chifreis
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nom chifrem
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References
- “chifrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chifrar”, 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, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chifrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chifrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
chifrar (first-person singular present chifro, first-person singular preterite chifrei, past participle chifrado)
- to gore (to pierce with the horns)
- (Brazil, slang) to cuckold (to make a cuckold of someone)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
Further reading
- “chifrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913