Feminine

riffa

Meaning

violence, bullying

Hyphenated as
rìf‧fa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrif.fa/
Etymology

Unknown, perhaps also from Spanish rifa (“lottery; strife”), in its alternate sense of strife. Various Germanic derivations from Proto-Germanic *ruppōną (“rip, tear”) have been suggested, but this is unlikely.

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