garfio

/[ˈgaɾfjo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,947

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

garfio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento de hierro, curvo y puntiagudo, que sirve para aferrar algún objeto. Pronounced [ˈgaɾfjo].

Key facts for garfio
PropertyValue
Headwordgarfio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgaɾfjo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of garfio in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for garfio is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgaɾfjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,947 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for garfio in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is garfio, spelled G-A-R-F-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento de hierro, curvo y puntiagudo, que sirve para aferrar algún objeto.
  2. 2
    Raíz fijadora o asidora, como las admenticias del tallo de la hiedra.
  3. 3
    En Cirugía: Instrumento quirúrgico formado por un vástago comúnmente de acero, cuya punta roma o aguda, está más o menos encorvada hacia el cuerpo del instrumento.
  4. 4
    Instrumento dedicado a la pesca de la almeja en el Cantábrico. Se compone de un mango de madera, con tres ganchos de hierro y una fina red metálica en la parte baja en la que se depositan las almejas extraídas. Se emplea corrientemente desde tierra, pero también se usa desde embarcaciones pequeñas.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,947 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garfio"?
"garfio" is spelled G-A-R-F-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgaɾfjo].
What does "garfio" mean?
As a noun, "garfio" means: Instrumento de hierro, curvo y puntiagudo, que sirve para aferrar algún objeto.
How do you pronounce "garfio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garfio" is [ˈgaɾfjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garfio" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.