arfar

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈfaɾ/

arfar (first-person singular present arfo, first-person singular preterite arfei, past participle arfado)

1. to swing

   Synonyms: abalar, randear

2. to pitch (ship’s motion)
3. to strut
4. to pant (to breathe quickly or in a labored manner)

• arfada

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arfar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

arfar

1. indefinite nominative plural of arfi

arfar

1. nominative plural of arfi

From Vulgar Latin *ār(e)fāre, from Latin ārefacere. Cognate with Galician alfar.

• Hyphenation: ar‧far

arfar (first-person singular present arfo, first-person singular preterite arfei, past participle arfado)

1. (ambitransitive) to pant (to breathe quickly or in a labored manner)

   Synonyms: ofegar, arquejar

2. to nod, to rock (at sea)

• “arfar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Compare Portuguese arfar.

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

arfar (first-person singular present arfo, first-person singular preterite arfé, past participle arfado) (intransitive)

1. to nod, to rock (at sea)

   Synonym: cabecear

• “arfar”, 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