rifa

See also: RIFA, rífa, rifá, rifà, and rifa'

Galician

Etymology

From rifar (“to quarrel; to raffle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa̝/

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. quarrel; brawl
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

     E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

     And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail

2. raffle

References

• Template:R:DDLG
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• “rifa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse rífa (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Cognate with Scottish rive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːva/
• Rhymes: -ɪːva

Noun

rifa f (genitive singular rifu, nominative plural rifur)

1. a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent
2. a gap, a slit, a crack, a cleft, a fissure

Declension

declension of rifa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rifa	rifan	rifur	rifurnar
accusative	rifu	rifuna	rifur	rifurnar
dative	rifu	rifunni	rifum	rifunum
genitive	rifu	rifunnar	rifa	rifanna

Derived terms

• bjargrifa
• klettarifa

Anagrams

• arfi

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁifɐ/
• Hyphenation: ri‧fa

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)

Verb

rifa

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoetic in origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa/ [ˈri.fa]
• Hyphenation: ri‧fa

Noun

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. lottery, raffle
2. contention, strife

Synonyms

• sorteo

Related terms

• rifar

Verb

rifa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rifar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rifar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rifar.