golfo

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡolfo/ Rhymes: -olfo Syllabification: gol‧fo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”). ==== Noun ==== golfo (uncountable, accusative golfon) (sports) golf === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe. ==== Noun ==== golfo (accusative singular golfon, plural golfoj, accusative plural golfojn) (geography) gulf ===== Derived terms ===== golfeto === Further reading === “golfo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “golfo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡol.fo/ Rhymes: -olfo Hyphenation: gól‧fo === Noun === golfo m (plural golfi) gulf Synonyms: baia, insenatura ==== Descendants ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== golfo m (plural golfos) gulf === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== golfo first-person singular present indicative of golfar === Further reading === “golfo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “golfo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡolfo/ [ˈɡol.fo] Rhymes: -olfo Syllabification: gol‧fo === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus following hypercorrection of the popular pronunciation of Latin 'ph' as 'p', itself from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). ==== Noun ==== golfo m (plural golfos) (geography) gulf ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tagalog: golpo → Yucatec Maya: golfoil === Etymology 2 === From golfín. A more specific sense may apply in its feminine form golfa. ==== Adjective ==== golfo (feminine golfa, masculine plural golfos, feminine plural golfas) dishonest nasty promiscuous ==== Noun ==== golfo m (plural golfos, feminine golfa, feminine plural golfas) scoundrel sluggard manwhore(clarification of this definition is needed.) === Further reading === “golfo”, 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