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

Catalan edit

Verb edit

rifa

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

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From rifar (to quarrel; to raffle).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

rifa

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

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Cognate with Scottish rive.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish rifa.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧fa

Noun edit

rifa f (plural rifas)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

rifa

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Onomatopoeic in origin.

Noun edit

rifa f (plural rifas)

  1. lottery, raffle
    Synonym: sorteo
  2. contention, strife
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

rifa

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

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