# gafa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Deverbal of gafar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.fə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡa.fa]

### Noun

gafa f (plural gafes)
* (nautical) boathook, pike pole
    Synonym: botador
* gaff, grapple
* fastener, hook
* clothespin
    Synonyms: agulla d'estendre, agafanàs
* (construction) frame cramp
* (surgery) staple

#### Related terms

* gafet

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Verb

gafa
* inflection of gafar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* gabhtha (superseded)
* gaibhte (Ulster)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡafˠə/
* (Aran) IPA: /ˈɡɔfˠiː/ (as if spelled gofaí)

### Participle

gafa
* past participle of gabh

### Adjective

gafa
* (chiefly in the negative, with the conditional of bí (“to be”)) arsed, bothered (showing enthusiasm)
    Ní bheinn gafa.I can't be bothered/arsed.

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127

## Old Spanish
### Adjective

gafa
* feminine singular of gafo

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gaffe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.fa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -afa
* Syllabification: ga‧fa

### Noun

gafa f
* blunder, faux pas
    Synonyms: faux pas, nietakt, wtopa, wpadka

#### Declension
### Further reading

* gafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romagnol
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.fa/

### Adjective

gafa f
* feminine of gaf

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gaffer.

### Verb

a gafa (third-person singular present gafează, past participle gafat) 1st conjugation
* to make a gaffe, to mess up

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡafa/ [ˈɡa.fa]
* Rhymes: -afa
* Syllabification: ga‧fa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”).

#### Noun

gafa f (plural gafas)
* grapple
    Synonym: arpeo
* clamp
    Synonyms: mordaza, sargento, pinza
* (chiefly in the plural, chiefly Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
    Synonyms: (Latin America) lentes, (Latin America) anteojos, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gafa
* inflection of gafar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “gafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “gafa”, 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
* Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “gafa”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
* gafa | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ɸa/

### Noun

gafa
* a crab

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics