rifar

From rifa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [riˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [riˈfaɾ]

rifar (first-person singular present rifo, first-person singular preterite rifí, past participle rifat)

1. (transitive) to raffle (off)
2. (pronominal) to mock, to tease

   Synonym: burlar-se

3. (pronominal) to tatter, to be torn apart by the wind

• rifa
• rifaire

• sortejar

• “rifar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Probably onomatopoeic, or perhaps from a Germanic source. Compare English raffle.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /riˈfaɾ/

rifar (first-person singular present rifo, first-person singular preterite rifei, past participle rifado)

1. (transitive) to rip
2. (transitive) to draw (game)
3. (intransitive) to argue; to quarrel; to fight
4. (intransitive) to scold, to rebuke, to reprimand, to tell off

   —Sabes que hora é? —Mamá, non me rifes...

   —Do you know what time it is? —Mom, do not tell me off...

5. (intransitive) to become enemy

   —Agora es hipster ou estás rifado co barbeiro?

   —Are you a hipster now or are you angry with the barber?

• rifa (“quarrel”)
• rifón

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rifar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rifar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rifar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rifar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From rifa (“raffle”) +‎ -ar.

rifar (first-person singular present rifo, first-person singular preterite rifé, past participle rifado)

1. to raffle off, draw lots

   Synonym: sortear

• “rifar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10