rafa

Deverbal from rafar (“to erode, to wear away”), perhaps from Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“to scratch, scrape”); compare German raffen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrafɐ]

rafa f (plural rafas)

1. crumb, sliver, shred, piece

   Synonym: frangulla

2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread)

   Synonyms: miga, miolo

• rafar (“to erode, to wear away”)
• rafón (“loaf”)

• “rafa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rafa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rafa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

rafa

1. inflection of rafar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

rafa (first-person possessive rafaku, second-person possessive rafamu, third-person possessive rafanya)

1. rafak

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.fa/

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• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ra‧fa

rafa f

1. reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)

   rafa barierowa ― barrier reef

• rafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈrafa/ [ˈra.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ra‧fa

rafa f (plural rafas)

1. chink in armour

• “rafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014