gafas.
eyeglasses
Meaning & usage
eyeglasses
Llevas gafas?
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Likely from Catalan gafa (“hook”) (related to Catalan agafar), possibly referring to the hooks that kept eyeglasses in place and differentiated it from a pince-nez. Cognate with English gaff, meaning a large metal hook. Other possible etymologies relate it to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”). It is sometimes said to instead be related to the Andalusian Arab scholar of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophthalmologist.
plural of gafa
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Likely from Catalan gafa (“hook”) (related to Catalan agafar), possibly referring to the hooks that kept eyeglasses in place and differentiated it from a pince-nez. Cognate with English gaff, meaning a large metal hook. Other possible etymologies relate it to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”). It is sometimes said to instead be related to the Andalusian Arab scholar of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophthalmologist.
second-person singular present indicative of gafar
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