rifa
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁi.fɐ/
rifa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rifar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de adjudicar ou distribuir algo entre vários por métodos aleatórios”.
What does rifa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de adjudicar ou distribuir algo entre vários por métodos aleatórios 2. bilhete que serve como justificante de participação na adjudicação aleatória
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rifa
- rifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rifa?
- Brazil /ˈʁi.fɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhi.fɐ]
- /ˈʁi.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rifa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rifa in Portuguese?
rifa appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).