rifa
See also: RIFA, rífa, rifá, rifà, and rifa'
Galician
Etymology
From rifar (“to quarrel; to raffle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrifa̝/
Noun
rifa f (plural rifas)
- quarrel; brawl
- 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:
- E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora
- And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail
- E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora
- 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:
- raffle
References
- “rifa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rifa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rifa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse rífa (“to tear apart”), Proto-Germanic *rīfaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).
Cognate with Scottish rive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪːva/
- Rhymes: -ɪːva
Noun
rifa f (genitive singular rifu, nominative plural rifur)
- a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent
- a gap, a slit, a crack, a cleft, a fissure
Declension
declension of rifa
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rifa | rifan | rifur | rifurnar |
accusative | rifu | rifuna | rifur | rifurnar |
dative | rifu | rifunni | rifum | rifunum |
genitive | rifu | rifunnar | rifa | rifanna |
Derived terms
- bjargrifa
- klettarifa
Anagrams
- arfi
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Spanish rifa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/ [ˈhi.fɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/ [ˈχi.fɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.fa/ [ˈhi.fa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.fɐ/
- Hyphenation: ri‧fa
Noun
rifa f (plural rifas)
- raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)
Verb
rifa
- inflection of rifar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic in origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrifa/ [ˈri.fa]
- Rhymes: -ifa
- Syllabification: ri‧fa
Noun
rifa f (plural rifas)
- lottery, raffle
- Synonym: sorteo
- contention, strife
Related terms
- rifar
Verb
rifa
- inflection of rifar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014