gafe
Galician
editEtymology 1
editUnknown.
Adjective
editgafe m or f (plural gafes)
- jinxed (bringing bad luck)
Noun
editgafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)
- jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)
Usage notes
edit- Gafe is a false friend, and does not mean gaffe. Galician equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry gaffe.
Synonyms
edit- agoiro m
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editgafe
- inflection of gafar:
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gaffe.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editgafe f (plural gafes)
References
edit- ^ “gafe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “gafe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUnknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”).
Adjective
editgafe m or f (masculine and feminine plural gafes)
- jinxed (bringing bad luck)
Noun
editgafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)
Usage notes
edit- Gafe is a false friend, and does not mean gaffe. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry gaffe.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editgafe
- inflection of gafar:
Further reading
edit- “gafe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
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- Galician adjectives
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- Galician masculine nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- Galician nouns with multiple genders
- Galician masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/afi
- Rhymes:Portuguese/afi/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/afɨ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/afɨ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/afe
- Rhymes:Spanish/afe/2 syllables
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish terms derived from Gothic
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- Spanish epicene adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
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