bafexar

Attested since 1370 ("bafejar"). From bafo +‎ -exar. Cognate with Portuguese bafejar.

• IPA^(key): /bafeˈʃaɾ/

bafexar (first-person singular present bafexo, first-person singular preterite bafexei, past participle bafexado)

1. (intransitive) to breathe; to exhale

   Synonym: respirar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 466:

     Et caýo sóbrelo leyto, en gisa que todos coydauã que era morto, en gisa que el nõ sospiraua, nẽ bafeiaua nẽ ponto.

     And he fell over the bed in a way that everyone thought that he was dead, as he was neither inhaling nor exhaling, not even a bit

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Ay Jesús! miña Joiña!
     non falemos nesto mais,
     que dá grima sò o pensalo,
     Deus vos garde bo é san.
     Santiago. Febreiro doce
     Aÿ! que non sey que me dà,
     que me esfraquezo de todo,
     è non podo vafexàr.

     Oh, Jesus! My Jewel!
     Let's not talk about this anymore
     because it brings creeps just to think about it.
     God take care of you, safe and sound.
     Santiago, February twelve
     Oh! I don't know what happens to me
     I'm totally weakening
     and I can't breathe

2. (intransitive) to pant, gasp

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bafei”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bafexar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bafexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bafexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN