garfa
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic غَرْفَة (ḡarfa, “the quantity of water laded out with the hand”) via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾfa/ [ˈɡaɾ.fa]
- Rhymes: -aɾfa
- Syllabification: gar‧fa
Noun
garfa f (plural garfas)
- (archaic) claw
Further reading
- “garfa”, 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