garfada

Portuguese

Etymology

From garfo +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡahˈfa.dɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈfa.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡaχˈfa.dɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɡaɻˈfa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈfa.da/ [ɡahˈfa.da]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾˈfa.dɐ/ [ɡɐɾˈfa.ðɐ]

Hyphenation: gar‧fa‧da

Noun

garfada f (plural garfadas)

fork stab (act of stabbing with a fork)
forkful (amount a fork will hold)

Further reading

“garfada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“garfada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026