enfadar

• IPA^(key): /enfaˈdaɾ/ [ẽɱ.faˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: en‧fa‧dar

enfadar (first-person singular indicative present enfado, past participle enfadáu)

1. to anger

Borrowed from Spanish enfadar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɱ.fəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.faˈðaɾ]

enfadar (first-person singular present enfado, first-person singular preterite enfadí, past participle enfadat)

1. (transitive) to anger
2. (transitive) to annoy
3. (pronominal) to become angry

• enutjar

• enfadós

• “enfadar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “enfadar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “enfadar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese enfadar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latin infatuāre or rather from Latin fatum (“fate”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [eɱfaˈðaɾ]

enfadar (first-person singular present enfado, first-person singular preterite enfadei, past participle enfadado)

1. (pronominal, archaic) to get tired, to get bored, to get sick and tired
   • 1275, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 258:

     e cada dia non se enfada de no los toler e de nos deytar e de nos fazer outro mal muito

     and each day he doesn't get tired of taking them from us, and of laying them and of doing us so much harm

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 406:

     Et por esta rrazõ tódoslos gregos erã moyto enoiados et moyto enfadados da guerra

     and for this reason all the Greeks were very annoyed and very tired of the war

2. (pronominal) to grow angry
   • 1807, anonymous author, Diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     Amijo, encaixame un Berro
     que me deixou aturdido,
     quixeno aloumiñar,
     cada vez se enfadou mais,

     Pal, he gave a shout
     that left me bewildered,
     I wanted to appease him,
     more and more he grew angry

3. (transitive) to annoy

   Synonym: anoxar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfadar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nfad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfadar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enfadar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enfadar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enfadar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enfadar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin īnfatuāre.

• Hyphenation: en‧fa‧dar

enfadar (first-person singular present enfado, first-person singular preterite enfadei, past participle enfadado)

1. (transitive) to bore
2. (transitive) to annoy
3. (pronominal) to get bored

Under dispute, according to RAE. In any case, ultimately probably from Portuguese or Galician enfadar, which are recorded three centuries earlier.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /enfaˈdaɾ/ [ẽɱ.faˈð̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧fa‧dar

enfadar (first-person singular present enfado, first-person singular preterite enfadé, past participle enfadado)

1. to anger, to make angry

   Synonyms: enojar, airar

2. to annoy

   Synonym: fastidiar

3. to upset

   Synonyms: desazonar, disgustar

4. (pronominal) to get angry, to get upset, to be mad, to be angry

• “enfadar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• enfarda, frenada