gafa

Deverbal from gafar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.fa]

gafa f (plural gafes)

1. (nautical) boathook, pike pole

   Synonym: botador

2. gaff, grapple
3. fastener, hook
4. clothespin

   Synonyms: agulla d'estendre, agafanàs

5. (construction) frame cramp
6. (surgery) staple

• gafet

• “gafa”, 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

gafa

1. inflection of gafar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• gafuh

From Mende ŋgafa (“soul, spirit, idol”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.fa/

gafa

1. evil spirit
2. devil

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

• gabhtha (superseded)
• gaibhte (Ulster)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔfˠiː/^[1] (as if spelled gofaí)

gafa

1. past participle of gabh

gafa

1. (chiefly in the negative, with the conditional of bí (“to be”)) arsed, bothered (showing enthusiasm)

   Ní bheinn gafa.

   I can't be bothered/arsed.

gafa

1. feminine singular of gafo

Borrowed from French gaffe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.fa/

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• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ga‧fa

gafa f

1. blunder, faux pas

   Synonyms: faux pas, nietakt, wtopa, wpadka

• gafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.fa/

gafa f

1. feminine of gaf

Borrowed from French gaffer.

a gafa (third-person singular present gafează, past participle gafat) 1st conjugation

1. to make a gaffe, to mess up

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafa/ [ˈɡa.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ga‧fa

Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”).

gafa f (plural gafas)

1. grapple

   Synonym: arpeo

2. clamp

   Synonyms: mordaza, sargento, pinza

3. (chiefly in the plural, chiefly Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass

   Synonyms: (Latin America) lentes, (Latin America) anteojos, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos

gafa

1. inflection of gafar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “gafa”, 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
• “gafa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “gafa”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
• gafa | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɸa/

gafa

1. a crab

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics