gafa
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gafa f (plural gafes)
- (nautical) boathook, pike pole
- Synonym: botador
- gaff, grapple
- fastener, hook
- clothespin
- Synonyms: agulla d'estendre, agafanàs
- (construction) frame cramp
- (surgery) staple
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gafa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Verb edit
gafa
- inflection of gafar:
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
gafa
- past participle of gabh
Adjective edit
gafa
- (chiefly in the negative, with the conditional of bí (“to be”)) arsed, bothered (showing enthusiasm)
- Ní bheinn gafa.
- I can't be bothered/arsed.
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gafa | ghafa | ngafa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Spanish edit
Adjective edit
gafa
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gafa f
Declension edit
Declension of gafa
Further reading edit
Romagnol edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gafa f
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a gafa (third-person singular present gafează, past participle gafat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of gafa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a gafa | ||||||
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gerund | gafând | ||||||
past participle | gafat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | gafez | gafezi | gafează | gafăm | gafați | gafează | |
imperfect | gafam | gafai | gafa | gafam | gafați | gafau | |
simple perfect | gafai | gafași | gafă | gafarăm | gafarăți | gafară | |
pluperfect | gafasem | gafaseși | gafase | gafaserăm | gafaserăți | gafaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să gafez | să gafezi | să gafeze | să gafăm | să gafați | să gafeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | gafează | gafați | |||||
negative | nu gafa | nu gafați |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”).
Noun edit
gafa f (plural gafas)
- grapple
- Synonym: arpeo
- clamp
- (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 edit
Verb edit
gafa
- inflection of gafar:
Further reading edit
- “gafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gafa
- a crab
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics