gafa

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) grapple
2. (feminine) clamp
3. (Colombia, Dominican-Republic, Spain, feminine, in-plural) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of gafar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of gafar:

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

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Concepts

glasses

goggles

🥽

grapple

spectacles

👓

pair of glasses

pair of spectacles

pair of specs

pair of eyeglasses

eyeglasses

👓

binary noun

Synonyms

anteojos

gafas

👓

lentes

👓

antiparras

especificaciones

espejuelos

👓

Translations

bril

iettatrice

occhiali

occhiale

👓

óculos

👓

Brille

👓

ulleres

lunettes de vue

gaffa

Schauspiele

Mutmaßungen

Nasenfahrrad

Spezifizierungen

γυαλιά

Klammer

🗜️

Hyphenated as

ga‧fa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡafa/

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan: gafa

In summary

Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”).