cotifar

Galician

Alternative forms

• cutifar

Etymology

From coteife (“soldier of low extraction”), from Arabic خُطَيْف (ḵuṭayf), diminutive of African Arabic خُطَّاف (ḵuṭṭāf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko.ti.ˈfaɾ]

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

    Conjugation of cotifar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cotifar
Personal	cotifar	cotifares	cotifar	cotifarmos	cotifardes	cotifaren
Gerund
	cotifando
Past participle
Masculine	cotifado			cotifados
Feminine	cotifada			cotifadas
Indicative
Present	cotifo	cotifas	cotifa	cotifamos	cotifades	cotifan
Imperfect	cotifaba	cotifabas	cotifaba	cotifabamos	cotifabades	cotifaban
Preterite	cotifei	cotifaches	cotifou	cotifamos	cotifastes	cotifaron
Pluperfect	cotifara	cotifaras	cotifara	cotifaramos	cotifarades	cotifaran
Future	cotifarei	cotifarás	cotifará	cotifaremos	cotifaredes	cotifarán
Conditional	cotifaría	cotifarías	cotifaría	cotifariamos	cotifariades	cotifarían
Subjunctive
Present	cotife	cotifes	cotife	cotifemos	cotifedes	cotifen
Imperfect	cotifase	cotifases	cotifase	cotifásemos	cotifásedes	cotifasen
Future	cotifar	cotifares	cotifar	cotifarmos	cotifardes	cotifaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cotifa	cotife	cotifemos	cotifade	cotifen
Negative (non)		non cotifes	non cotife	non cotifemos	non cotifedes	non cotifen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cotifar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cotifar
Personal	cotifar	cotifares	cotifar	cotifarmos	cotifardes	cotifarem
Gerund
	cotifando
Past participle
Masculine	cotifado			cotifados
Feminine	cotifada			cotifadas
Indicative
Present	cotifo	cotifas	cotifa	cotifamos	cotifades, cotifais	cotifam
Imperfect	cotifava	cotifavas	cotifava	cotifávamos	cotifávades, cotifáveis, cotifávais1	cotifavam
Preterite	cotifei	cotifaste, cotifache1	cotifou	cotifamos	cotifastes	cotifárom, cotifaram
Pluperfect	cotifara	cotifaras	cotifara	cotifáramos	cotifárades, cotifáreis, cotifárais1	cotifaram
Future	cotifarei	cotifarás	cotifará	cotifaremos	cotifaredes, cotifareis	cotifarám, cotifarão
Conditional	cotifaria	cotifarias	cotifaria	cotifaríamos	cotifaríades, cotifaríeis, cotifaríais1	cotifariam
Subjunctive
Present	cotife	cotifes	cotife	cotifemos	cotifedes, cotifeis	cotifem
Imperfect	cotifasse	cotifasses	cotifasse	cotifássemos	cotifássedes, cotifásseis	cotifassem
Future	cotifar	cotifares	cotifar	cotifarmos	cotifardes	cotifarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cotifa	cotife	cotifemos	cotifade, cotifai	cotifem
Negative (nom)		nom cotifes	nom cotife	nom cotifemos	nom cotifedes, nom cotifeis	nom cotifem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• coteife
• cotifada
• cotifeiro
• cotifón

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coteife”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coteif”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “cotifar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cotifar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cotifar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “cotifar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.