"gafe" meaning in Spanish

See gafe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡafe/, [ˈɡa.fe] Forms: gafes [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -afe Etymology: Unknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown, {{cog|fr|gaffe||blunder, goof up}} French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”), {{der|es|got|𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷||clasp}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”) Head templates: {{es-adj}} gafe m or f (masculine and feminine plural gafes)
  1. jinxed (bringing bad luck) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-gafe-es-adj-TUrC3xk5 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 5 22 2 19 10 5 22 2 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡafe/, [ˈɡa.fe] Forms: gafes [plural]
Rhymes: -afe Etymology: Unknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown, {{cog|fr|gaffe||blunder, goof up}} French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”), {{der|es|got|𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷||clasp}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”) Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} gafe m or f by sense (plural gafes)
  1. jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: cenizo Derived forms: gafar Related terms: gafa, gafas, gafar, gafedad, gafo
    Sense id: en-gafe-es-noun-xBSvyw6R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡafe/, [ˈɡa.fe]
Rhymes: -afe Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} gafe
  1. inflection of gafar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: gafar
    Sense id: en-gafe-es-verb-1G95dpxK Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 5 22 2 19 10 5 22 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 25 14 48 14
  2. inflection of gafar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: gafar
    Sense id: en-gafe-es-verb-ogXhb8P-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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