chafardear

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan xafardejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃafaɾdeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.faɾ.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧far‧de‧ar

Verb

chafardear (first-person singular present chafardeo, first-person singular preterite chafardeé, past participle chafardeado)

1. to gossip

   Synonym: chismorrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chafardear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chafardear
gerund			chafardeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chafardeado		chafardeada
		plural		chafardeados		chafardeadas
		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	chafardeo	chafardeastú chafardeásvos	chafardea	chafardeamos	chafardeáis	chafardean
	imperfect	chafardeaba	chafardeabas	chafardeaba	chafardeábamos	chafardeabais	chafardeaban
	preterite	chafardeé	chafardeaste	chafardeó	chafardeamos	chafardeasteis	chafardearon
	future	chafardearé	chafardearás	chafardeará	chafardearemos	chafardearéis	chafardearán
	conditional	chafardearía	chafardearías	chafardearía	chafardearíamos	chafardearíais	chafardearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chafardee	chafardeestú chafardeésvos2	chafardee	chafardeemos	chafardeéis	chafardeen
	imperfect (ra)	chafardeara	chafardearas	chafardeara	chafardeáramos	chafardearais	chafardearan
	imperfect (se)	chafardease	chafardeases	chafardease	chafardeásemos	chafardeaseis	chafardeasen
	future1	chafardeare	chafardeares	chafardeare	chafardeáremos	chafardeareis	chafardearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chafardeatú chafardeávos	chafardee	chafardeemos	chafardead	chafardeen
	negative		no chafardees	no chafardee	no chafardeemos	no chafardeéis	no chafardeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “chafardear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014