zafio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفِيه (safīh, “foolish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθafjo/ [ˈθa.fjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsafjo/ [ˈsa.fjo]
• Rhymes: -afjo
• Syllabification: za‧fio

Adjective

zafio (feminine zafia, masculine plural zafios, feminine plural zafias)

1. coarse; crude; crass

Derived terms

• zafiedad

 

Further reading

• “zafio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1991) “zafio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Gredos, →ISBN