rifa
Spanish, noun
rifa is spelled R-I-F-A (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rifa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lottery, raffle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rifar. With an accent, rifá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of rifar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego de azar donde varias personas compran una o más oportunidades de ganar uno o más premios”.
What does rifa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelottery, raffle
- 2
femininecontention, strife
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of rifar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Juego de azar donde varias personas compran una o más oportunidades de ganar uno o más premios. 2. Conflicto, riña.
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 rifa
- rifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rifa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rifa in Spanish?
rifa appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).