azafate

• acifate, asifate

Attested since the 18th century. From Arabic سَفَط (safaṭ, “basket”). Compare Portuguese açafate, Spanish azafate, Catalan safata.

• IPA^(key): ,

azafate m (plural azafates)

1. (regional, southern Galicia) low basket; tray

   Synonym: bandexa

   • 1888, Rufino Ribera Losada, Un bautismo na Ponte do Burgo:

     I o home da dita muller operada ponnos por diante un gran acifate acogulado de cachucha, lacón, chourizos, carne de vaca, pan de millo e viño

     And that woman's husband put before us a large tray packed with pork head and shoulder, chorizos, beef, cornbread and wine

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azafate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “azafate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azafate”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Arabic السَّفَط (as-safaṭ, “basket”). Compare Catalan safata.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈfate/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asaˈfate/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: a‧za‧fa‧te

azafate m (plural azafates)

1. flat basket; tray

   Synonym: bandeja

• “azafate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10