garrafal
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish garrafal, variant of garrofal, from Catalan garrofa.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡə.rəˈfal]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.raˈfal]
=== Adjective ===
garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafals)
(of an error) huge, colossal, glaring
Synonyms: enorme, majúscul, colossal
=== Further reading ===
“garrafal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: gar‧ra‧fal
=== Adjective ===
garrafal m or f (plural garrafais)
(of written words) huge
letras garrafais ― huge handwriting
=== Further reading ===
“garrafal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“garrafal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡaraˈfal/ [ɡa.raˈfal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ga‧rra‧fal
=== Adjective ===
garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafales)
(of an error) huge, colossal, glaring
error garrafal ― colossal error
fallo garrafal ― colossal error
falta garrafal ― epic fail
ausencia garrafal ― glaring absence
mentira garrafal ― whopping lie
=== Further reading ===
“garrafal”, 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