surfar

Portuguese

Etymology

From English surf +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [suhˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [suhˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /suɾˈfa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [suχˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suɻˈfa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈfaɾ/, /sɐɾˈfaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈfaɾ/, /sɐɾˈfaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈfa.ɾi/, /sɐɾˈfa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sur‧far

Verb

surfar (first-person singular present surfo, first-person singular preterite surfei, past participle surfado)

1. to surf (to ride a wave on a surfboard)
   • 2009, Various authors, Inglaterra, Escócia e País de Gales:

     Surfe para campeões

     Surf among champions

2. to surf (to browse the internet)

   Synonym: navegar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of surfar (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	surfar
Personal	surfar	surfares	surfar	surfarmos	surfardes	surfarem
Gerund
	surfando
Past participle
Masculine	surfado			surfados
Feminine	surfada			surfadas
Indicative
Present	surfo	surfas	surfa	surfamos	surfais	surfam
Imperfect	surfava	surfavas	surfava	surfávamos	surfáveis	surfavam
Preterite	surfei	surfaste	surfou	surfamos1, surfámos2	surfastes	surfaram
Pluperfect	surfara	surfaras	surfara	surfáramos	surfáreis	surfaram
Future	surfarei	surfarás	surfará	surfaremos	surfareis	surfarão
Conditional	surfaria	surfarias	surfaria	surfaríamos	surfaríeis	surfariam
Subjunctive
Present	surfe	surfes	surfe	surfemos	surfeis	surfem
Imperfect	surfasse	surfasses	surfasse	surfássemos	surfásseis	surfassem
Future	surfar	surfares	surfar	surfarmos	surfardes	surfarem
Imperative
Affirmative		surfa	surfe	surfemos	surfai	surfem
Negative (não)		não surfes	não surfe	não surfemos	não surfeis	não surfem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• surfe
• surfista

Further reading

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

Swedish

Verb

surfar

1. present of surfa