nifrar

Probably borrowed from Old French nifler, and so related to French renifler; from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”).

• IPA^(key): /niˈfɾaɾ/

nifrar (first-person singular present nifro, first-person singular preterite nifrei, past participle nifrado)

1. to aspire noisily by the nose, to sniff
2. to whimper, to snivel

   Synonyms: choromicar, mexericar

3. to pucker one's lips (with disapproval)
4. to mutter

   Synonym: rosmar

• nifrón (“weepy”)
• nifroso (“weepy”)

• “nifrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nifrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “nifrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nifrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “nifrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.