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Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الضِّيَافَة (aḍ-ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdjafa/
- Rhymes: -afa
- Syllabification: a‧dia‧fa
Noun
adiafa f (uncountable)
- a gift or refreshment given to sailors upon their return to port from a voyage
1971, Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Libro de las mil y una noches, volume 2, page 582:Asentáronse en la ciudad por espacio de cuarenta días, gozando de una adiafa generosa y magnífica.- They settled in the city for the period of thirty days, enjoying a generous and magnificent adiafa.
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