golfar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• golfejar

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡowˈfa(ɾ)/ [ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡowˈfa(ɻ)/ [ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡolˈfaɾ/ [ɡoɫˈfaɾ], /ɡɔlˈfaɾ/ [ɡɔɫˈfaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡolˈfaɾ/ [ɡoɫˈfaɾ], /ɡɔlˈfaɾ/ [ɡɔɫˈfaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡolˈfa.ɾi/ [ɡoɫˈfa.ɾi], /ɡɔlˈfa.ɾi/ [ɡɔɫˈfa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: gol‧far

Verb

golfar (first-person singular present golfo, first-person singular preterite golfei, past participle golfado)

1. (intransitive) to gush (to flow suddenly in great volume)
2. (transitive) to vomit, to puke

   Synonyms: vomitar, gorfar

3. (intransitive) to break out, to begin or appear suddenly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of golfar (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	golfar
Personal	golfar	golfares	golfar	golfarmos	golfardes	golfarem
Gerund
	golfando
Past participle
Masculine	golfado			golfados
Feminine	golfada			golfadas
Indicative
Present	golfo	golfas	golfa	golfamos	golfais	golfam
Imperfect	golfava	golfavas	golfava	golfávamos	golfáveis	golfavam
Preterite	golfei	golfaste	golfou	golfamos1, golfámos2	golfastes	golfaram
Pluperfect	golfara	golfaras	golfara	golfáramos	golfáreis	golfaram
Future	golfarei	golfarás	golfará	golfaremos	golfareis	golfarão
Conditional	golfaria	golfarias	golfaria	golfaríamos	golfaríeis	golfariam
Subjunctive
Present	golfe	golfes	golfe	golfemos	golfeis	golfem
Imperfect	golfasse	golfasses	golfasse	golfássemos	golfásseis	golfassem
Future	golfar	golfares	golfar	golfarmos	golfardes	golfarem
Imperative
Affirmative		golfa	golfe	golfemos	golfai	golfem
Negative (não)		não golfes	não golfe	não golfemos	não golfeis	não golfem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “golfar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “golfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025