gafas

See also: gafás

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish gafas (“eyeglasses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡapas/, [ˈɡa.pas]
• Hyphenation: ga‧fas

Noun

gafas

1. eyeglasses

   Synonyms: antiparra, (Cotabateño, Ternateño, Zamboangueño) anteojos

Galician

Verb

gafas

1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

Old Spanish

Adjective

gafas

1. feminine plural of gafo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafas/ [ˈɡa.fas]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -afas
• Syllabification: ga‧fas

Etymology 1

Unknown. Likely from Catalan gafa (“hook”) (related to Catalan agafar), possibly referring to the hooks that kept eyeglasses in place and differentiated it from a pince-nez. Cognate with English gaff, meaning a large metal hook.

Other possible etymologies relate it to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”).

It is sometimes said to instead be related to the Andalusian Arab scholar of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophthalmologist. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

gafas f pl (plural only)

1. (chiefly Spain, some countries in Latin America) eyeglasses

   Synonyms: (Latin America) lentes m pl, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos m pl, (Latin America) anteojos m pl

   Llevas gafas?

   Do you wear glasses?

Derived terms

• gafas de sol
• gafudo

See also

• lente de contacto
• lentilla

Noun

gafas f pl

1. plural of gafa

Etymology 2

Verb

gafas

1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

Further reading

• “gafas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡavas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːvas/, /ˈɡavas/

Verb

gafas

1. soft mutation of cafas

Mutation

Mutated forms of cafas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cafas	gafas	nghafas	chafas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.