tefa

Maltese
Root
t-f-j
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧أَطْفَأَ⁩ (ʔaṭfaʔa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.fa/
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.faˤ/ (archaic)
  • Homophones: tefa’, tefgħa (except archaically)

Verb

tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

  1. to extinguish (fire)
    Antonym: xegħel
    Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.
    The firefighters extinguished the fire.
  2. to turn off (device)
    Antonym: xegħel
    Itfi l-mowbajl.
    Turn off the mobile phone.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of tefa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tfejt tfejt tefa tfejna tfejtu tfew
f tfiet
imperfect m nitfi titfi jitfi nitfu titfu jitfu
f titfi
imperative itfi itfu

Spanish

Noun

tefa f (plural tefas)

  1. a kind of tile
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