"gafa" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡafa/, [ˈɡa.fa] Forms: gafas [plural]
Rhymes: -afa Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|ca|gafa}} Borrowed from Catalan gafa Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} gafa f (plural gafas)
  1. grapple Tags: feminine Synonyms: arpeo
    Sense id: en-gafa-es-noun-VTuy5siI
  2. clamp Tags: feminine Synonyms: mordaza, sargento, pinza
    Sense id: en-gafa-es-noun-1f3gVMdw
  3. (chiefly in the plural, chiefly Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass Tags: Colombia, Dominican-Republic, Spain, feminine, in-plural Synonyms: lentes, anteojos, espejuelos
    Sense id: en-gafa-es-noun-FsIcaFP2 Categories (other): Colombian Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Peninsular Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡafa/, [ˈɡa.fa]
Rhymes: -afa Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} gafa
  1. inflection of gafar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: gafar
    Sense id: en-gafa-es-verb-u2zhsEAs Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 23 2 1 2 3 3 24 4 2 0 2 1 8 24 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 1 0 1 2 2 26 2 1 0 1 0 8 26 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 20 61 14
  2. inflection of gafar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: gafar
    Sense id: en-gafa-es-verb-kJorzlQc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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