safar

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zafar, from Andalusian Arabic زَاح‎ ([a]záḥ), from Arabic أَزَاحَ‎ (ʾazāḥa, “to remove; to move to another place”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧far

Verb

safar (first-person singular present indicative safo, past participle safado)

1. to pull out
2. to steal
3. to erase
4. to wear out
5. (colloquial) to save
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to escape
7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to avoid
8. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to do well
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to manage

Verb

safar

1. travel