regaifa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif), plural of رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Galician and Portuguese regueifa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reˈɡaifa/ [reˈɣ̞ai̯.fa]
  • Rhymes: -aifa
  • Syllabification: re‧gai‧fa

Noun

regaifa f (plural regaifas)

  1. a certain part of an oil mill, being a circular stone slab where olives are accumulated for following pressing

Further reading
  • “regaifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “La Policía recupera la piedra de un histórico molino de aceite de Calatayud”, in ABC Aragón‎ (in Spanish), 2016 May 10
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