gafa

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See also: gafá, gáfa, gafă, and Gafà

Catalan

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Etymology

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Deverbal from gafar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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gafa

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

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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gafa

  1. past participle of gabh

Adjective

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gafa

  1. (chiefly in the negative, with the conditional of (to be)) arsed, bothered (showing enthusiasm)
    Ní bheinn gafa.
    I can't be bothered/arsed.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gafa ghafa ngafa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127

Old Spanish

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Adjective

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gafa

  1. feminine singular of gafo

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gaffe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.fa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afa
  • Syllabification: ga‧fa

Noun

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gafa f

  1. blunder, faux pas
    Synonyms: faux pas, nietakt, wtopa, wpadka

Declension

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Further reading

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

Romagnol

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gafa f

  1. feminine of gaf

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gaffer.

Verb

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

  1. to make a gaffe, to mess up

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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gafa

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

Further reading

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gafa

  1. a crab

References

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