garfada

Portuguese

Etymology

From garfo +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡahˈfa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡahˈfa.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈfa.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡaχˈfa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaɻˈfa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡɐɾˈfa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: gar‧fa‧da

Noun

garfada f (plural garfadas)

1. fork stab (act of stabbing with a fork)
2. forkful (amount a fork will hold)

Further reading

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