buffar
Portuguese
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of English buff + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈfa(ʁ)/ [buˈfa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /buˈfa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buˈfa(ʁ)/ [buˈfa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /buˈfa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈfaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈfa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: buf‧far
Verb
buffar (first-person singular present buffo, first-person singular preterite buffei, past participle buffado)
- (transitive, video games) to buff (to increase a character's or ability's power or effectiveness, temporarily or permanently)
Conjugation
Conjugation of buffar (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 | buffar | |||||
| Personal | buffar | buffares | buffar | buffarmos | buffardes | buffarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| buffando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | buffado | buffados | ||||
| Feminine | buffada | buffadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | buffo | buffas | buffa | buffamos | buffais | buffam |
| Imperfect | buffava | buffavas | buffava | buffávamos | buffáveis | buffavam |
| Preterite | buffei | buffaste | buffou | buffamos1, buffámos2 | buffastes | buffaram |
| Pluperfect | buffara | buffaras | buffara | buffáramos | buffáreis | buffaram |
| Future | buffarei | buffarás | buffará | buffaremos | buffareis | buffarão |
| Conditional | buffaria | buffarias | buffaria | buffaríamos | buffaríeis | buffariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | buffe | buffes | buffe | buffemos | buffeis | buffem |
| Imperfect | buffasse | buffasses | buffasse | buffássemos | buffásseis | buffassem |
| Future | buffar | buffares | buffar | buffarmos | buffardes | buffarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | buffa | buffe | buffemos | buffai | buffem | |
| Negative (não) | não buffes | não buffe | não buffemos | não buffeis | não buffem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “buffar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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Verb
buffar
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) to blow