grifo
See also: Grifo
English
Etymology
Related to Spanish grifa.
Noun
grifo (uncountable)
- (slang) Cannabis.
- 1972, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Marihuana: a Signal of Misunderstanding (page 484)
- […] the smoking in cigarettes or pipes of marihuana or grifo. Its use is as demoralizing as the use of narcotics. Smoking grifo is quite prevalent along the Oregon Short Line Railroad; and Idaho has no law to cope with the use and spread […]
- 2017, Marcelo Mendoza, Robert L. Barnes, El Gato Negro: Escaping Thirteen Deaths (volume IV, page 657)
- The operator was a man who liked to smoke grifo. Just my luck that day, my friend backpack happened to have a good supply of what I needed to sell to him.
- 1972, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Marihuana: a Signal of Misunderstanding (page 484)
Anagrams
- Frigo
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish grifo.
Noun
grifo
- faucet; tap
Esperanto
Etymology
Common Romance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡrifo]
- Rhymes: -ifo
- Hyphenation: gri‧fo
Noun
grifo (accusative singular grifon, plural grifoj, accusative plural grifojn)
- griffin
Italian
Etymology
Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡri.fo/
- Rhymes: -ifo
- Hyphenation: grì‧fo
Noun
grifo m (plural grifi)
- griffin
- snout
Related terms
- grifone
Anagrams
- forgi, frigo, frigo-, grofi
Old High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gryphus.
Noun
grīfo m
- griffin
Descendants
- Middle High German: grīfe
- German: Greif
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese grifo, from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾi.fu/
- Hyphenation: gri‧fo
Noun
grifo m (plural grifos)
- griffin
- (heraldry) griffin
- Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
- monkey wrench
Related terms
- hipogrifo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin grȳphus, from grȳps, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾifo/ [ˈɡɾi.fo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ifo
- Syllabification: gri‧fo
Noun
grifo m (plural grifos)
- tap, faucet (device used to dispense liquids)
- (Peru) petrol station, garage, filling station, gas station, service station
- Synonyms: gasolinera, estación de servicio, (Chile) bencinera, (Mexico) gasolinería, (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) bomba
- griffin
- (heraldry) griffin
Derived terms
- agua del grifo
Descendants
- Chavacano: grifo
- → Hiligaynon: gripo
- → Tagalog: gripo
Adjective
grifo (feminine grifa, masculine plural grifos, feminine plural grifas)
- (colloquial) intoxicated (by alcohol, cannabis)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “grifo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 213
Further reading
- “grifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014