zafio
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic سَفِيه (safīh, “foolish”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθafjo/ [ˈθa.fjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsafjo/ [ˈsa.fjo]
- Rhymes: -afjo
- Syllabification: za‧fio
Adjective edit
zafio (feminine zafia, masculine plural zafios, feminine plural zafias)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “zafio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1991) “zafio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN