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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).
Pronunciation
Noun
garrofa f (plural garrofes)
- carob (bean)
- sideburn
- fluke (of an anchor)
- (figurative) lie
- Synonym: mentida
Derived terms
Further reading
- “garrofa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “garrofa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “garrofa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “garrofa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈrofa/
- Rhymes: -ofa
- Syllabification: ga‧rro‧fa
Noun
garrofa f (plural garrofas)
- carob (fruit of the carob tree)
Further reading