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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
  • “La Policía recupera la piedra de un histórico molino de aceite de Calatayud”, in ABC Aragón‎[1] (in Spanish), 10 May 2016
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