gafas

See also: gafás

Galician

Verb

gafas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

Old Spanish

Adjective

gafas

  1. feminine plural of gafo

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡafas/ [ˈɡa.fas]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -afas
  • Syllabification: ga‧fas

Etymology 1

Unknown. Maybe related to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”).

Possibly related to the Andalusian Arab scholar and ophtalmologist of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophtalmologist. Eyeglasses “gafas” were named after him. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

gafas f pl (plural only)

  1. eyeglasses
    Synonym: lentes
  2. sunglasses
    Synonym: lentes de sol
Derived terms

Noun

gafas f pl

  1. plural of gafa

Verb

gafas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gafas

  1. Soft mutation of cafas.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cafas gafas nghafas chafas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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