garfa

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic غَرْفَة (ḡarfa, “the quantity of water laded out with the hand”) via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾfa/ [ˈɡaɾ.fa]
• Rhymes: -aɾfa
• Syllabification: gar‧fa

Noun

garfa f (plural garfas)

1. (archaic) claw

Further reading

• “garfa”, 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