rifar

From rifa +‎ -ar.

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

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

1. (transitive) to raffle (off)
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mock, to tease

   Synonym: burlar-se

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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

• “rifar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rifar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “rifar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rifar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014