garrafal

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish garrafal, variant of garrofal, from Catalan garrofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡə.rəˈfal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.raˈfal]

Adjective

garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafals)

1. (of an error) huge, colossal, glaring

   Synonym: majúscul

Further reading

• “garrafal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.haˈfaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.haˈfaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.χaˈfaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfa.li/

• Hyphenation: gar‧ra‧fal
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

garrafal m or f (plural garrafais)

1. (of written words) huge

   letras garrafais ― huge handwriting

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Spanish

Adjective

garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafales)

1. (of an error) huge, colossal, glaring

Further reading

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