garrofa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• garrova

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈrɔ.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈrɔ.fa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

garrofa f (plural garrofes)

1. carob
2. sideburn
3. fluke (of an anchor)
4. (figurative) lie

   Synonym: mentida

Derived terms

• garrofer
• garrofera
• garrofí
• garrofó

 

Related terms

• garrafal

Further reading

• “garrofa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “garrofa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “garrofa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “garrofa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• algarroba
• garroba

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrofa/ [ɡaˈro.fa]
• Rhymes: -ofa
• Syllabification: ga‧rro‧fa

Noun

garrofa f (plural garrofas)

1. carob (fruit of the carob tree)

Further reading

• “garrofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28