gafe
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Galician
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown.
Adjective
[edit]gafe m or f (plural gafes)
- jinxed (bringing bad luck)
Noun
[edit]gafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)
- jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)
Usage notes
[edit]- Gafe is a false friend, and does not mean gaffe. Galician equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry gaffe.
Synonyms
[edit]- agoiro m
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]gafe
- inflection of gafar:
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French gaffe.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]gafe f (plural gafes)
References
[edit]- ^ “gafe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “gafe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”).
Adjective
[edit]gafe m or f (masculine and feminine plural gafes)
- jinxed (bringing bad luck)
Noun
[edit]gafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]gafe
- inflection of gafar:
Further reading
[edit]- “gafe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/afi
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- Rhymes:Spanish/afe
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