golfo

See also: Golfo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡolfo]
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Hyphenation: gol‧fo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”).

Noun

golfo (uncountable, accusative golfon)

1. (sports) golf

   Ĉu vi vidis lin svingi klubon? Li ludaĉas golfon.

   Have you seen him swing a club? He plays golf terribly.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe.

Noun

golfo (accusative singular golfon, plural golfoj, accusative plural golfojn)

1. (geography) gulf

   La Meksika Golfo estas la plej granda golfo tutmonde.

   The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.

Derived terms

• golfeto

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.fo/
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Hyphenation: gól‧fo

Noun

golfo m (plural golfi)

1. gulf

   Synonyms: baia, insenatura

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fu/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fu/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fo/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.fu/ [ˈɡoɫ.fu]

Noun

golfo m (plural golfos)

1. gulf

Etymology 2

Verb

golfo

1. first-person singular present indicative of golfar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡolfo/ [ˈɡol.fo]
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Syllabification: gol‧fo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus following hypercorrection of the popular pronunciation of Latin 'ph' as 'p', itself from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Noun

golfo m (plural golfos)

1. (geography) gulf

Derived terms

• golfo de Botnia
• golfo de Finlandia
• golfo de México
• golfo de Tailandia
• golfo Pérsico
• pedir cotufas en el golfo

 

Etymology 2

From golfín. A more specific sense may apply in its feminine form golfa.

Adjective

golfo (feminine golfa, masculine plural golfos, feminine plural golfas)

1. dishonest
2. nasty
3. promiscuous

Noun

golfo m (plural golfos, feminine golfa, feminine plural golfas)

1. scoundrel
2. sluggard
3. manwhore

Further reading

• “golfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28