cafta

See also: CAFTA

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: caftas, caftât

Verb

cafta

1. third-person singular past historic of cafter

Polish

Alternative forms

• cofta (Chełmno, Kuyavia)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡saf.ta]

Noun

cafta f

1. (Kuyavia, agriculture) iron link connecting beams of a plough

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860), “cafta”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 620
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “cafta”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic كفتة (kufta), from Persian کوفته (kufte, “ground meat”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.tɐ/, /ˈka.fi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.tɐ/, /ˈka.fi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ftɐ/

Noun

cafta f (plural caftas)

1. kofta (meatball or meatloaf dish)

Further reading

• “cafta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cafta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025