rifes

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Catalan

Verb

rifes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of rifar

Galician

Verb

rifes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of rifar

Maltese

Root
r-f-s
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَفَسَ (rafasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪ.fɛs/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)

Verb

rifes (imperfect jirfes, past participle mirfus, verbal noun rifs or rifsien or rfis)

  1. to tread on, to trample down
    Iż-żagħżugħ jirfes is-sigarett wara li jlesti minnu.
    The young man treads on the cigarette after he’s done with it.
  2. (figuratively) to treat without respect, to disrespect, to abuse, to mistreat, to ill-treat
    Synonyms: abbuża, mmaltratta
    Ma tistax tibqa’ tirfes fuqi mingħajr konsegwenzi.
    You can’t keep disrespecting me without consequences.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rifes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rfist rfist rifes rfisna rfistu rifsu
f rifset
imperfect m nirfes tirfes jirfes nirfsu tirfsu jirfsu
f tirfes
imperative irfes irfsu

Spanish

Verb

rifes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of rifar