cáfila

See also: cafila and càfila

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.fi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: cá‧fi‧la

Noun

cáfila f (plural cáfilas)

1. (collective) caravan (a group of camels)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafila/ [ˈka.fi.la]
• Rhymes: -afila
• Syllabification: cá‧fi‧la

Noun

cáfila f (plural cáfilas)

1. (collective) caravan (a group of humans, camels or other animals)

Further reading

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