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gafas

Senso (Inglese)

gafa

gafar

  1. to jinx, put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  2. (reflexive) to be jinx, be put a jinx on

Frequenza

B2
Con il trattino come
ga‧fas
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɡafas/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Unknown. Maybe related to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”). Possibly related to the Andalusian Arab scholar of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophthalmologist. Eyeglasses “gafas” were named after him.

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