cáfila
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.fi.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.fi.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.fi.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: cá‧fi‧la
Noun
cáfila f (plural cáfilas)
- (collective) caravan (a group of camels)
Further reading
- “cáfila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cáfila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkafila/ [ˈka.fi.la]
- Rhymes: -afila
- Syllabification: cá‧fi‧la
Noun
cáfila f (plural cáfilas)
- (collective) caravan (a group of humans, camels or other animals)
Further reading
- “cáfila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025