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Meaning of garfo | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ˈɡaɾfo

Definitions

  1. fork (eating utensil)
    masculine
  2. hook
    masculine
  3. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon
    masculine
  4. twig
    masculine
  5. twig of a bunch of grapes
    masculine
  6. cutting, slip; shoot
    masculine
  7. hangnail
    masculine

Equivalents

English fork

Examples

“deuen sutilmente tallar o coiro ao llongo et desy a carne ata a que chege aa llandooa ou ao uerme, et pois que a acharen deuenlla fillar con garffe de fero”

they should subtly cut the [horse's] skin along, and then also the meat, till they came to the growth or the sickness; and as soon as they find it they should grab it with an iron hook

“1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94”

and you shall plant in that place twelve [chestnut] trees, with their shoots and roots grounded

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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