gafar
Spanish, verb/ɡaˈfaɾ/
gafar is spelled G-A-F-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gafar is a Spanish verb meaning “to jinx, put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar algo violentamente sujetándolo con las uñas, o un gancho u otro instrumento curvo”.
What does gafar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jinx, put a jinx on (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
- 2
to be jinx, be put a jinx on
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar algo violentamente sujetándolo con las uñas, o un gancho u otro instrumento curvo. 2. Sujetar con grapas las partes de un objeto que se ha roto, en especial si es de cerámica.
verb: 1. Dar mala suerte a alguien o a algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gafar
- gafo first-person present singular
- gafé first-person preterite singular
- gafado participle past
- gafando gerund
- gafada feminine participle past
- gafados masculine participle past
- gafadas feminine participle past
- gafas indicative informal present
- gafás indicative informal present
- gafa indicative present singular
- gafamos first-person indicative plural
- gafáis indicative plural present
- gafan indicative plural present
- gafaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gafabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gafábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gafabais imperfect indicative plural
- gafaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gafar?
- /ɡaˈfaɾ/
- [ɡaˈfaɾ]
- [gaˈfaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gafar in Spanish?
gafar appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).