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garfada

Portuguese, noun/ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/

garfada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fork stab (act of stabbing with a fork)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does garfada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefork stab (act of stabbing with a fork)

  2. 2

    feminineforkful (amount a fork will hold)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of garfada

  • garfadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce garfada?

  • Brazil /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/
  • Brazil [ɡahˈfa.dɐ]
  • /ɡaɾˈfa.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to garfada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is garfada in Portuguese?

garfada appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).