chafar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Catalan xafar, esclafar. === 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) (transitive) to crush, squash Synonym: aplastar (transitive) to ruin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “chafar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 310, columns 1-2