gafo

See also: gafó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese gafo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from gafa (“hook”), from Old Occitan gafar (“to grab”); or from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafo̝/

Noun

gafo m (plural gafos, feminine gafa, feminine plural gafas)

1. leper; any person with a deformity

   Synonyms: leproso, malato

2. hex
3. growl of a cat

Adjective

gafo (feminine gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas)

1. leprous

   Synonym: leproso

2. molest, gross

Derived terms

• gafar
• gafaría
• gafento
• gafeño
• gafume

Related terms

• gafa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gafo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gaf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gafo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gafo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

gafo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gafar

Old Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain.

Adjective

gafo (feminine singular gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas)

1. leprous
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 78r:

     Eſte herodes Murio mala muerte deuẏno gafo de pues por la grãt pudor q̃ ſalẏo del ⁊ nõ lo podie ſofrir. el Miſmo ſe mato cõ .j. guchiello.

     This Herod died a bad death. He became leprous [and] then, because of the great shame which he displayed and could not bear, he killed himself with a knife.

Synonyms

• leproso

Descendants

• Spanish: gafo

Spanish

Adjective

gafo (feminine gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas)

1. leprous
2. stupid

Noun

gafo m (plural gafos, feminine gafa, feminine plural gafas)

1. leper
2. dimwit

Verb

gafo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gafar

Further reading

• “gafo”, 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