gufare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gufo (“owl”)[1] +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gu‧fà‧re

Verb

gufàre (first-person singular present gùfo, first-person singular past historic gufài, past participle gufàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to hoot (of an owl) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, by extension, rare) to snort (of other animals) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: sbuffare
  3. (intransitive or transitive, colloquial, slang) to bring bad luck, to jinx [auxiliary avere]
    non vorrei gufare ― I wouldn't want to jinx it
  4. (transitive, archaic) to mock by blowing into the fist to make a hooting sound
  5. (transitive, archaic) to mock (in general)
    Synonym: beffeggiare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gufàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive gufàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund gufàndo
present participle gufànte past participle gufàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present gùfo gùfi gùfa gufiàmo gufàte gùfano
imperfect gufàvo gufàvi gufàva gufavàmo gufavàte gufàvano
past historic gufài gufàsti gufò gufàmmo gufàste gufàrono
future guferò guferài guferà guferémo guferéte guferànno
conditional guferèi guferésti guferèbbe, guferébbe guferémmo guferéste guferèbbero, guferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present gùfi gùfi gùfi gufiàmo gufiàte gùfino
imperfect gufàssi gufàssi gufàsse gufàssimo gufàste gufàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
gùfa gùfi gufiàmo gufàte gùfino
negative imperative non gufàre non gùfi non gufiàmo non gufàte non gùfino

References

  1. ^ gufare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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