grifo

== English == === Etymology === Related to Spanish grifa. === Noun === grifo (uncountable) (slang) Cannabis. === Anagrams === Frigo == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish grifo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾipo/, [ˈɡɾi.po] Hyphenation: gri‧po === Noun === grifo faucet; tap == Esperanto == === Etymology === Common Romance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrifo/ Rhymes: -ifo Syllabification: gri‧fo === Noun === grifo (accusative singular grifon, plural grifoj, accusative plural grifojn) griffin == Italian == === Etymology === Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡri.fo/ Rhymes: -ifo Hyphenation: grì‧fo === Noun === grifo m (plural grifi) griffin (obsolete) snout ==== Related terms ==== grifone === Anagrams === forgi, frigo, frigo-, grofi == Old High German == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin gryphus. ==== Noun ==== grīfo m griffin ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: grīf, grīfe> German: Greif (inherited)→ Old Polish: gryf> Polish: gryf (inherited)→ Ukrainian: гриф (hryf) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grīfo alternative form of grīfu == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese grifo, from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ifu Hyphenation: gri‧fo ==== Noun ==== grifo m (plural grifos) (fantasy) griffin (heraldry) griffin Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) monkey wrench ===== Related terms ===== hipogrifo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grifo first-person singular present indicative of grifar === Further reading === “grifo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grifo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish grifo, a learned borrowing from Late Latin grȳphus (“griffin”), from Latin grȳps, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps). Noun sense 1 (“faucet”) comes from the ornamentations which fountain faucets commonly beared, which often featured griffin heads. Compare Aragonese jeta (literally “snout”), Catalan aixeta, English cock, French robinet (literally “little sheep”), and German Hahn (literally “rooster”) for similar semantic developments. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾifo/ [ˈɡɾi.fo] Rhymes: -ifo Syllabification: gri‧fo === Noun === grifo m (plural grifos) tap, faucet (device used to dispense liquids) (Peru) petrol station, garage, filling station, gas station, service station Synonyms: gasolinera, estación de servicio, bencinera (Chile), gasolinería (Mexico), bomba (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) griffin (heraldry) griffin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === grifo (feminine grifa, masculine plural grifos, feminine plural grifas) (colloquial) intoxicated (by alcohol, cannabis) === References === === Further reading === “grifo”, 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