zafar

See also: Zafar

Galician

Alternative forms

• safar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese çafar (“to vanish”) (13th century), from Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θaˈfaɾ], (seseo) [saˈfaɾ]

Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafei, past participle zafado)

1. (transitive) to let off, spare, free
2. (pronominal or intransitive) to get out (to come out of a situation)
3. (pronominal) to handle oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zafar

	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	zafar
Personal	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafaren
Gerund
	zafando
Past participle
Masculine	zafado			zafados
Feminine	zafada			zafadas
Indicative
Present	zafo	zafas	zafa	zafamos	zafades	zafan
Imperfect	zafaba	zafabas	zafaba	zafabamos	zafabades	zafaban
Preterite	zafei	zafaches	zafou	zafamos	zafastes	zafaron
Pluperfect	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafaramos	zafarades	zafaran
Future	zafarei	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaredes	zafarán
Conditional	zafaría	zafarías	zafaría	zafariamos	zafariades	zafarían
Subjunctive
Present	zafe	zafes	zafe	zafemos	zafedes	zafen
Imperfect	zafase	zafases	zafase	zafásemos	zafásedes	zafasen
Future	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafaren
Imperative
Affirmative		zafa	zafe	zafemos	zafade	zafen
Negative (non)		non zafes	non zafe	non zafemos	non zafedes	non zafen

    Reintegrated conjugation of zafar (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	zafar
Personal	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafarem
Gerund
	zafando
Past participle
Masculine	zafado			zafados
Feminine	zafada			zafadas
Indicative
Present	zafo	zafas	zafa	zafamos	zafades, zafais	zafam
Imperfect	zafava	zafavas	zafava	zafávamos	zafávades, zafáveis, zafávais1	zafavam
Preterite	zafei	zafaste, zafache1	zafou	zafamos	zafastes	zafárom, zafaram
Pluperfect	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafáramos	zafárades, zafáreis, zafárais1	zafaram
Future	zafarei	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaredes, zafareis	zafarám, zafarão
Conditional	zafaria	zafarias	zafaria	zafaríamos	zafaríades, zafaríeis, zafaríais1	zafariam
Subjunctive
Present	zafe	zafes	zafe	zafemos	zafedes, zafeis	zafem
Imperfect	zafasse	zafasses	zafasse	zafássemos	zafássedes, zafásseis	zafassem
Future	zafar	zafares	zafar	zafarmos	zafardes	zafarem
Imperative
Affirmative		zafa	zafe	zafemos	zafade, zafai	zafem
Negative (nom)		nom zafes	nom zafe	nom zafemos	nom zafedes, nom zafeis	nom zafem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• zafada
• zafado
• zafo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “çafar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “zafar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “safar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zafar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “zafar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zafar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zafar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic زَاح ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ (ʔazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaˈfaɾ/ [θaˈfaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saˈfaɾ/ [saˈfaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: za‧far

Verb

zafar (first-person singular present zafo, first-person singular preterite zafé, past participle zafado)

1. (transitive) to loosen; to untie

   Synonym: aflojar

2. (intransitive, Latin America, followed by "de") to get out of; to dodge (an obligation)
3. (reflexive) to come undone; to loosen up
4. (reflexive, followed by "de") to free oneself of; to get free of

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zafar
gerund			zafando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zafado		zafada
		plural		zafados		zafadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zafo	zafastú zafásvos	zafa	zafamos	zafáis	zafan
	imperfect	zafaba	zafabas	zafaba	zafábamos	zafabais	zafaban
	preterite	zafé	zafaste	zafó	zafamos	zafasteis	zafaron
	future	zafaré	zafarás	zafará	zafaremos	zafaréis	zafarán
	conditional	zafaría	zafarías	zafaría	zafaríamos	zafaríais	zafarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zafe	zafestú zafésvos2	zafe	zafemos	zaféis	zafen
	imperfect (ra)	zafara	zafaras	zafara	zafáramos	zafarais	zafaran
	imperfect (se)	zafase	zafases	zafase	zafásemos	zafaseis	zafasen
	future1	zafare	zafares	zafare	zafáremos	zafareis	zafaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zafatú zafávos	zafe	zafemos	zafad	zafen
	negative		no zafes	no zafe	no zafemos	no zaféis	no zafen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of zafar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive zafar	dative	zafarme	zafarte	zafarle, zafarse	zafarnos	zafaros	zafarles, zafarse
	accusative	zafarme	zafarte	zafarlo, zafarla, zafarse	zafarnos	zafaros	zafarlos, zafarlas, zafarse
with gerund zafando	dative	zafándome	zafándote	zafándole, zafándose	zafándonos	zafándoos	zafándoles, zafándose
	accusative	zafándome	zafándote	zafándolo, zafándola, zafándose	zafándonos	zafándoos	zafándolos, zafándolas, zafándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative zafa	dative	záfame	záfate	záfale	záfanos	not used	záfales
	accusative	záfame	záfate	záfalo, záfala	záfanos	not used	záfalos, záfalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative zafá	dative	zafame	zafate	zafale	zafanos	not used	zafales
	accusative	zafame	zafate	zafalo, zafala	zafanos	not used	zafalos, zafalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zafe	dative	záfeme	not used	záfele, záfese	záfenos	not used	záfeles
	accusative	záfeme	not used	záfelo, záfela, záfese	záfenos	not used	záfelos, záfelas
with first-person plural imperative zafemos	dative	not used	zafémoste	zafémosle	zafémonos	zafémoos	zafémosles
	accusative	not used	zafémoste	zafémoslo, zafémosla	zafémonos	zafémoos	zafémoslos, zafémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zafad	dative	zafadme	not used	zafadle	zafadnos	zafaos	zafadles
	accusative	zafadme	not used	zafadlo, zafadla	zafadnos	zafaos	zafadlos, zafadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zafen	dative	záfenme	not used	záfenle	záfennos	not used	záfenles, záfense
	accusative	záfenme	not used	záfenlo, záfenla	záfennos	not used	záfenlos, záfenlas, záfense

Descendants

• → Portuguese: safar

Further reading

• “zafar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: za‧far

Noun

zafar (plural zafarlar)

1. victory, triumph

   Synonyms: gʻalaba, muzaffariyat

Declension

Declension of zafar

	singular	plural
nominative	zafar	zafarlar
genitive	zafarning	zafarlarning
dative	zafarga	zafarlarga
definite accusative	zafarni	zafarlarni
locative	zafarda	zafarlarda
ablative	zafardan	zafarlardan
similative	zafardek	zafarlardek

Possessive forms of zafar

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zafarim	zafarlarim
genitive	zafarimning	zafarlarimning
dative	zafarimga	zafarlarimga
definite accusative	zafarimni	zafarlarimni
locative	zafarimda	zafarlarimda
ablative	zafarimdan	zafarlarimdan
similative	zafarimdek	zafarlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zafaring	zafarlaring
genitive	zafaringning	zafarlaringning
dative	zafaringga	zafarlaringga
definite accusative	zafaringni	zafarlaringni
locative	zafaringda	zafarlaringda
ablative	zafaringdan	zafarlaringdan
similative	zafaringdek	zafarlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zafari	zafarlari
genitive	zafarining	zafarlarining
dative	zafariga	zafarlariga
definite accusative	zafarini	zafarlarini
locative	zafarida	zafarlarida
ablative	zafaridan	zafarlaridan
similative	zafaridek	zafarlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zafarimiz	zafarlarimiz
genitive	zafarimizning	zafarlarimizning
dative	zafarimizga	zafarlarimizga
definite accusative	zafarimizni	zafarlarimizni
locative	zafarimizda	zafarlarimizda
ablative	zafarimizdan	zafarlarimizdan
similative	zafarimizdek	zafarlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zafaringiz	zafarlaringiz
genitive	zafaringizning	zafarlaringizning
dative	zafaringizga	zafarlaringizga
definite accusative	zafaringizni	zafarlaringizni
locative	zafaringizda	zafarlaringizda
ablative	zafaringizdan	zafarlaringizdan
similative	zafaringizdek	zafarlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zafari	zafarlari
genitive	zafarining	zafarlarining
dative	zafariga	zafarlariga
definite accusative	zafarini	zafarlarini
locative	zafarida	zafarlarida
ablative	zafaridan	zafarlaridan
similative	zafaridek	zafarlaridek

Derived terms

• zafarli
• zafarnoma

Related terms

• muzaffar

Further reading

• “zafar“ in izoh.uz