gafe
Spanish, noun
gafe is spelled G-A-F-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gafe is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of gafar. With an accent, gafé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of gafar”.
What does gafe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinejinxed (bringing bad luck)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinejinx (something or someone believed to bring bad luck)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of gafar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona que atrae o provoca mala suerte a los que le rodean. 2. Persona que arruina alguna diversión.
abbreviation: 1. Nombre del grupo militar de fuerzas especiales dentro de la organización de la Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional de México, cuyo nombre cambio en 2004 a Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales de México.
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 gafe
- gafes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gafe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gafe in Spanish?
gafe appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).