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fanfar

Portuguese, verb/fɐ̃ˈfa(ʁ)/

fanfar is spelled F-A-N-F-A-R (6 letters). Fanfar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to boast, to brag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fanfar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Portugalto boast, to brag

    Com Fafe Ninguém Fanfe.

  2. 2

    Portugalcolloquialto beat; to beat up (to attack someone violently)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of fanfar

  • fanfo first-person present singular
  • fanfei first-person preterite singular
  • fanfado participle past
  • fanfares infinitive second-person singular
  • fanfarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • fanfardes infinitive plural second-person
  • fanfarem infinitive plural third-person
  • fanfando gerund
  • fanfados masculine participle past
  • fanfada feminine participle past
  • fanfadas feminine participle past
  • fanfas indicative present second-person
  • fanfa indicative present singular
  • fanfamos first-person indicative plural
  • fanfais indicative plural present
  • fanfam indicative plural present
  • fanfava first-person imperfect indicative
  • fanfavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fanfar?

  • Brazil /fɐ̃ˈfa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [fɐ̃ˈfa(h)]
  • /fɐ̃ˈfa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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