grifa
Portuguese
Verb
grifa
- inflection of grifar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾifa/ [ˈɡɾi.fa]
- Rhymes: -ifa
- Syllabification: gri‧fa
Etymology 1
From grifo (“intoxicated”).
Noun
grifa f (plural grifas)
- (colloquial) grass, weed (marijuana)
- 2011, Rosa Maria Cullell Muniesa, El mejor lugar del mundo:
- la grifa me la traían de Tánger cuando en España no había
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018, Daniel Ruiz, Maleza:
- La grifa les había abierto el apetito, pero todos iban demasiado alicaídos para hablar de manduca.
- The weed had worked up an appetite in them, but they were all too down to talk about grub.
- 2019, Carlos Corvinos, El sudario de tafetán escarlata:
- Se consume cáñamo en todo el Protectorado. La imagen de grupos de soldados apostados en una esquina, bebiendo coñac de garrafa y fumando grifa, es habitual.
- Hemp is consumed all over the Protectorate. It's a common sight to see groups of soldiers posted in a corner, drinking cognac from a carafe and smoking weed.
Noun
grifa f (plural grifas)
- pipe wrench, Stillson wrench, Stillsons
- Synonyms: llave grifa, llave stillson, llave stilson
Further reading
- “grifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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