gafas
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See also: gafás
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
gafas
Old Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gafas
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
gafas f pl (plural only)
- eyeglasses
- Synonym: lentes
- sunglasses
- Synonym: lentes de sol
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
gafas f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
gafas
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡavas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːvas/, /ˈɡavas/
Verb[edit]
gafas
- Soft mutation of cafas.
Mutation[edit]
Categories:
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- Old Spanish non-lemma forms
- Old Spanish adjective forms
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/afas
- Rhymes:Spanish/afas/2 syllables
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish pluralia tantum
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish noun forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated verbs
- Welsh soft-mutation forms
- es:Glasses