chafar

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Catalan xafar.

Verb

chafar (first-person singular present chafo, first-person singular preterite chafé, past participle chafado)

(transitive) to crush, squash
(transitive) to ruin

Conjugation

Conjugation of chafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			chafar
gerund			chafando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chafado		chafada
		plural		chafados		chafadas
		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	chafo	chafas^tú chafás^{^vos}	chafa	chafamos	chafáis	chafan
	imperfect	chafaba	chafabas	chafaba	chafábamos	chafabais	chafaban
	preterite	chafé	chafaste	chafó	chafamos	chafasteis	chafaron
	future	chafaré	chafarás	chafará	chafaremos	chafaréis	chafarán
	conditional	chafaría	chafarías	chafaría	chafaríamos	chafaríais	chafarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chafe	chafes^{^tú} chafés^{^vos²}	chafe	chafemos	chaféis	chafen
	imperfect (ra)	chafara	chafaras	chafara	chafáramos	chafarais	chafaran
	imperfect (se)	chafase	chafases	chafase	chafásemos	chafaseis	chafasen
	future¹	chafare	chafares	chafare	chafáremos	chafareis	chafaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chafa^{^tú} chafá^{^vos}	chafe	chafemos	chafad	chafen
	negative		no chafes	no chafe	no chafemos	no chaféis	no chafen

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

Selected combined forms of chafar^{edit data}

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 chafar
	dative	chafarme	chafarte	chafarle, chafarse	chafarnos	chafaros	chafarles, chafarse
	accusative	chafarme	chafarte	chafarlo, chafarla, chafarse	chafarnos	chafaros	chafarlos, chafarlas, chafarse

with gerund chafando
	dative	chafándome	chafándote	chafándole, chafándose	chafándonos	chafándoos	chafándoles, chafándose
	accusative	chafándome	chafándote	chafándolo, chafándola, chafándose	chafándonos	chafándoos	chafándolos, chafándolas, chafándose

with informal second-person singular imperative chafa
	dative	cháfame	cháfate	cháfale	cháfanos	not used	cháfales
	accusative	cháfame	cháfate	cháfalo, cháfala	cháfanos	not used	cháfalos, cháfalas

with formal second-person singular imperative chafe
	dative	cháfeme	not used	cháfele, cháfese	cháfenos	not used	cháfeles
	accusative	cháfeme	not used	cháfelo, cháfela, cháfese	cháfenos	not used	cháfelos, cháfelas

with first-person plural imperative chafemos
	dative	not used	chafémoste	chafémosle	chafémonos	chafémoos	chafémosles
	accusative	not used	chafémoste	chafémoslo, chafémosla	chafémonos	chafémoos	chafémoslos, chafémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative chafad
	dative	chafadme	not used	chafadle	chafadnos	chafaos	chafadles
	accusative	chafadme	not used	chafadlo, chafadla	chafadnos	chafaos	chafadlos, chafadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative chafen
	dative	cháfenme	not used	cháfenle	cháfennos	not used	cháfenles, cháfense
	accusative	cháfenme	not used	cháfenlo, cháfenla	cháfennos	not used	cháfenlos, cháfenlas, cháfense

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