cotifar

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

References

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