rafa

See also: Rafa and RAFA

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rafar (“to erode, to wear away”), perhaps from Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“to scratch, scrape”); compare German raffen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrafɐ]

Noun

rafa f (plural rafas)

1. crumb, sliver, shred, piece

   Synonym: frangulla

2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread)

   Synonyms: miga, miolo

Related terms

• rafar (“to erode, to wear away”)
• rafón (“loaf”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rafa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rafa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rafa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

rafa

1. inflection of rafar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Noun

rafa (plural rafa-rafa)

1. rafak

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rafa

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ra‧fa

Noun

rafa f

1. reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)

   rafa barierowa ― barrier reef

Declension

Declension of rafa

	singular	plural
nominative	rafa	rafy
genitive	rafy	raf
dative	rafie	rafom
accusative	rafę	rafy
instrumental	rafą	rafami
locative	rafie	rafach
vocative	rafo	rafy

Further reading

• rafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrafa/ [ˈra.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ra‧fa

Noun

rafa f (plural rafas)

1. a crack or fissure within armour

Further reading

• “rafa”, 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