garrafal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrafal, variant of garrofal, from Catalan garrofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡə.rəˈfal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡa.raˈfal]

Adjective

garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafals)

1. (of an error) huge, colossal, glaring

   Synonym: majúscul

Further reading

• “garrafal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.haˈfaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.haˈfaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁaˈfaw/ [ɡa.χaˈfaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfal/ [ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ʁɐˈfa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: gar‧ra‧fal

Adjective

garrafal m or f (plural garrafais)

1. (of written words) huge

   letras garrafais ― huge handwriting

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaraˈfal/ [ɡa.raˈfal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ga‧rra‧fal

Adjective

garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafales)

1. (of an error) huge, colossal, glaring

   error garrafal ― colossal error

   fallo garrafal ― colossal error

   falta garrafal ― epic fail

   ausencia garrafal ― glaring absence

   • 1899, Benito Pérez Galdós, “Chapter 4”, in La estafeta romántica:

     y está siempre buscándole tres pies al gato, hasta que le da la idea negra de pegarse un tiro, lo cual debo condenar por garrafal tontería, a más de condenarlo por pecado execrable.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “garrafal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014