garrafal
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish garrafal, variant of garrofal, from Catalan garrofa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafals)
Further reading
[edit]- “garrafal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]garrafal m or f (plural garrafais)
- (of written words) huge
- letras garrafais ― huge handwriting
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]garrafal m or f (masculine and feminine plural garrafales)
- (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
[edit]- “garrafal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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