gafo

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese gafo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from gafa (“hook”), from Old Occitan gafar (“to grab”); or from Arabic. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡafo̝/ ==== Noun ==== gafo m (plural gafos, feminine gafa, feminine plural gafas) leper; any person with a deformity Synonyms: leproso, malato hex growl of a cat ==== Adjective ==== gafo (feminine gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas) leprous Synonym: leproso molest, gross ===== Derived terms ===== gafar gafaría gafento gafeño gafume ===== Related terms ===== gafa ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “gafo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “gafo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gafo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gafo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== gafo first-person singular present indicative of gafar == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain. === Adjective === gafo (feminine singular gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas) leprous ==== Synonyms ==== leproso ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: gafo == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish gafo, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡafo/ [ˈɡa.fo] Rhymes: -afo Syllabification: ga‧fo === Adjective === gafo (feminine gafa, masculine plural gafos, feminine plural gafas) leprous stupid === Noun === gafo m (plural gafos, feminine gafa, feminine plural gafas) leper dimwit === Verb === gafo first-person singular present indicative of gafar === Further reading === “gafo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025