gafe

See also: gafé, gáfe, and gâfe

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Adjective

gafe m or f (plural gafes)

1. jinxed (bringing bad luck)

Noun

gafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)

1. jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)

Usage notes

• Gafe is a false friend, and does not mean gaffe. Galician equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry gaffe.

Synonyms

• agoiro m

Derived terms

• gafar

Etymology 2

Verb

gafe

1. inflection of gafar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaffe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.fɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -afi, (Portugal) -afɨ
• Hyphenation: ga‧fe

Noun

gafe f (plural gafes)

1. gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public)

   Synonym: (Brazil) mico

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafe/ [ˈɡa.fe]
• Rhymes: -afe
• Syllabification: ga‧fe

Etymology 1

Unknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”).

Adjective

gafe m or f (masculine and feminine plural gafes)

1. jinxed (bringing bad luck)

Noun

gafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)

1. jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)

   Synonym: cenizo

Usage notes

• Gafe is a false friend, and does not mean gaffe. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry gaffe.

Derived terms

• gafar

 

Related terms

• gafa/gafas
• gafar
• gafedad
• gafo

Etymology 2

Verb

gafe

1. inflection of gafar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gafe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16