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garfo

Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɾfo/

“garfo” is a Galician word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. fork (eating utensil)
  2. hook
  3. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon
  4. twig
  5. twig of a bunch of grapes
  6. cutting, slip; shoot
  7. hangnail

In Galician

  1. (, ) Utensilio con tres ou catro gallos nun extremo, para levar alimentos sólidos á boca, ou para fixar algo mentres se cociña ou se corta.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

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