mofar

Catalan

Verb

mofar

1. only used in es ... mofar, syntactic variant of mofar-se, infinitive of mofar-se

Spanish

Etymology

From mofa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mofar (first-person singular present mofo, first-person singular preterite mofé, past participle mofado)

1. (intransitive or transitive or reflexive) taunt (to make fun of someone)

   Synonym: hacer mofa

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mofar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mofar
gerund			mofando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mofado		mofada
		plural		mofados		mofadas
		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	mofo	mofastú mofásvos	mofa	mofamos	mofáis	mofan
	imperfect	mofaba	mofabas	mofaba	mofábamos	mofabais	mofaban
	preterite	mofé	mofaste	mofó	mofamos	mofasteis	mofaron
	future	mofaré	mofarás	mofará	mofaremos	mofaréis	mofarán
	conditional	mofaría	mofarías	mofaría	mofaríamos	mofaríais	mofarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mofe	mofestú mofésvos2	mofe	mofemos	moféis	mofen
	imperfect (ra)	mofara	mofaras	mofara	mofáramos	mofarais	mofaran
	imperfect (se)	mofase	mofases	mofase	mofásemos	mofaseis	mofasen
	future1	mofare	mofares	mofare	mofáremos	mofareis	mofaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mofatú mofávos	mofe	mofemos	mofad	mofen
	negative		no mofes	no mofe	no mofemos	no moféis	no mofen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mofar

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 mofar
	dative	mofarme	mofarte	mofarle, mofarse	mofarnos	mofaros	mofarles, mofarse
	accusative	mofarme	mofarte	mofarlo, mofarla, mofarse	mofarnos	mofaros	mofarlos, mofarlas, mofarse
with gerund mofando
	dative	mofándome	mofándote	mofándole, mofándose	mofándonos	mofándoos	mofándoles, mofándose
	accusative	mofándome	mofándote	mofándolo, mofándola, mofándose	mofándonos	mofándoos	mofándolos, mofándolas, mofándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mofa
	dative	mófame	mófate	mófale	mófanos	not used	mófales
	accusative	mófame	mófate	mófalo, mófala	mófanos	not used	mófalos, mófalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mofá
	dative	mofame	mofate	mofale	mofanos	not used	mofales
	accusative	mofame	mofate	mofalo, mofala	mofanos	not used	mofalos, mofalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mofe
	dative	mófeme	not used	mófele, mófese	mófenos	not used	mófeles
	accusative	mófeme	not used	mófelo, mófela, mófese	mófenos	not used	mófelos, mófelas
with first-person plural imperative mofemos
	dative	not used	mofémoste	mofémosle	mofémonos	mofémoos	mofémosles
	accusative	not used	mofémoste	mofémoslo, mofémosla	mofémonos	mofémoos	mofémoslos, mofémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mofad
	dative	mofadme	not used	mofadle	mofadnos	mofaos	mofadles
	accusative	mofadme	not used	mofadlo, mofadla	mofadnos	mofaos	mofadlos, mofadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mofen
	dative	mófenme	not used	mófenle	mófennos	not used	mófenles, mófense
	accusative	mófenme	not used	mófenlo, mófenla	mófennos	not used	mófenlos, mófenlas, mófense

Related terms

• mofa
• mofador
• mofeta

 

Further reading

• “mofar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014