tefa

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Maltese

Root
t-f-j
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

  1. to extinguish (fire)
    Antonym: xegħel
    Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.The firefighters extinguished the fire.
  2. to turn off (device)
    Antonym: xegħel
    Itfi l-mowbajl.Turn off the mobile phone.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tefa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tfejt tfejt tefa tfejna tfejtu tfew
f tfiet
imperfect m nitfi titfi jitfi nitfu titfu jitfu
f titfi
imperative itfi itfu

Spanish

Noun

tefa f (plural tefas)

  1. a kind of tile