nerfar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English nerf + -ar, From the Nerf brand of toys.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [nehˈfa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [nehˈfa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /neɾˈfa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /neʁˈfa(ʁ)/ [neχˈfa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neɻˈfa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨɾˈfaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨɾˈfaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨɾˈfa.ɾi/

Verb

nerfar (first-person singular present nerfo, first-person singular preterite nerfei, past participle nerfado)

1. (transitive, slang, video games) to nerf (to reduce the effectiveness of something in a video game)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nerfar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	nerfar
Personal	nerfar	nerfares	nerfar	nerfarmos	nerfardes	nerfarem
Gerund
	nerfando
Past participle
Masculine	nerfado			nerfados
Feminine	nerfada			nerfadas
Indicative
Present	nerfo	nerfas	nerfa	nerfamos	nerfais	nerfam
Imperfect	nerfava	nerfavas	nerfava	nerfávamos	nerfáveis	nerfavam
Preterite	nerfei	nerfaste	nerfou	nerfamos1, nerfámos2	nerfastes	nerfaram
Pluperfect	nerfara	nerfaras	nerfara	nerfáramos	nerfáreis	nerfaram
Future	nerfarei	nerfarás	nerfará	nerfaremos	nerfareis	nerfarão
Conditional	nerfaria	nerfarias	nerfaria	nerfaríamos	nerfaríeis	nerfariam
Subjunctive
Present	nerfe	nerfes	nerfe	nerfemos	nerfeis	nerfem
Imperfect	nerfasse	nerfasses	nerfasse	nerfássemos	nerfásseis	nerfassem
Future	nerfar	nerfares	nerfar	nerfarmos	nerfardes	nerfarem
Imperative
Affirmative		nerfa	nerfe	nerfemos	nerfai	nerfem
Negative (não)		não nerfes	não nerfe	não nerfemos	não nerfeis	não nerfem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• nerfada

 

Further reading

• “nerfar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024