gafete
Spanish, noun/ɡaˈfete/
gafete is spelled G-A-F-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 108,574th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gafete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “identification badge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Identificación o credencial que se superpone en la ropa. En ocasiones con un broche de metal macho-hembra.…”.
What does gafete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidentification badge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Identificación o credencial que se superpone en la ropa. En ocasiones con un broche de metal macho-hembra. Insignia.
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 gafete
- gafetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gafete?
- /ɡaˈfete/
- [ɡaˈfe.t̪e]
- [gaˈfet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gafete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gafete in Spanish?
gafete appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).