borrifar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vorrifar (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of borriçar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.ʁiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bo.hiˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.ʁiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bo.hiˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bo.ʁiˈfa(ɾ)/ [bo.hiˈfa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bo.ʁiˈfa(ʁ)/ [bo.χiˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.ʁiˈfa(ɻ)/ [bo.hiˈfa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ʁiˈfaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ʁiˈfaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ʁiˈfa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bor‧ri‧far

Verb

borrifar (first-person singular present borrifo, first-person singular preterite borrifei, past participle borrifado)

1. to spray
2. (impersonal) to sprinkle, drizzle

   Synonyms: chuviscar, garoar, borriçar, borraçar

3. (Portugal, informal, reflexive) to not care

   Synonym: marimbar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of borrifar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	borrifar
Personal	borrifar	borrifares	borrifar	borrifarmos	borrifardes	borrifarem
Gerund
	borrifando
Past participle
Masculine	borrifado			borrifados
Feminine	borrifada			borrifadas
Indicative
Present	borrifo	borrifas	borrifa	borrifamos	borrifais	borrifam
Imperfect	borrifava	borrifavas	borrifava	borrifávamos	borrifáveis	borrifavam
Preterite	borrifei	borrifaste	borrifou	borrifamos1, borrifámos2	borrifastes	borrifaram
Pluperfect	borrifara	borrifaras	borrifara	borrifáramos	borrifáreis	borrifaram
Future	borrifarei	borrifarás	borrifará	borrifaremos	borrifareis	borrifarão
Conditional	borrifaria	borrifarias	borrifaria	borrifaríamos	borrifaríeis	borrifariam
Subjunctive
Present	borrife	borrifes	borrife	borrifemos	borrifeis	borrifem
Imperfect	borrifasse	borrifasses	borrifasse	borrifássemos	borrifásseis	borrifassem
Future	borrifar	borrifares	borrifar	borrifarmos	borrifardes	borrifarem
Imperative
Affirmative		borrifa	borrife	borrifemos	borrifai	borrifem
Negative (não)		não borrifes	não borrife	não borrifemos	não borrifeis	não borrifem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.