rifa

See also: RIFA, rífa, rifá, rifà, and rifa'

Catalan

Verb

rifa

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

Galician

Etymology 1

From rifar (“to quarrel; to raffle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa̝/

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. quarrel; brawl
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

     E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

     And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail

2. raffle

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rifa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rifa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rifa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

rifa

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse rífa (“to tear apart”), Proto-Germanic *rīfaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Cognate with Scottish rive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːva/
• Rhymes: -ɪːva

Noun

rifa f (genitive singular rifu, nominative plural rifur)

1. a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent
2. a gap, a slit, a crack, a cleft, a fissure

Derived terms

• bjargrifa
• klettarifa

Anagrams

• arfi

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Spanish rifa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/ [ˈhi.fɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/ [ˈhi.fɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/ [ˈχi.fɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.fa/ [ˈhi.fa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: ri‧fa

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)

Etymology 2

Verb

rifa

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa/ [ˈri.fa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ri‧fa

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic in origin.

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. lottery, raffle

   Synonym: sorteo

2. contention, strife

Related terms

• rifar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

rifa

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

Further reading

• “rifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014