chafar

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Catalan xafar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈfaɾ/ [t͡ʃaˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧far

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to crush, squash

   Synonym: aplastar

2. (transitive) to ruin

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chafar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chafar
gerund			chafando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chafado		chafada
		plural		chafados		chafadas
		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	chafo	chafastú chafásvos	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	chafestú chafésvos2	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		chafatú chafávos	chafe	chafemos	chafad	chafen
	negative		no chafes	no chafe	no chafemos	no chaféis	no chafen

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

    Selected combined forms of chafar

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 tuteo imperative chafa	dative	cháfame	cháfate	cháfale	cháfanos	not used	cháfales
	accusative	cháfame	cháfate	cháfalo, cháfala	cháfanos	not used	cháfalos, cháfalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative chafá	dative	chafame	chafate	chafale	chafanos	not used	chafales
	accusative	chafame	chafate	chafalo, chafala	chafanos	not used	chafalos, chafalas
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

Further reading

• “chafar”, 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