grifo

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English

Etymology

Related to Spanish grifa.

Noun

grifo (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Cannabis.
    • 1972, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Marihuana: a Signal of Misunderstanding, page 484:
      [] the smoking in cigarettes or pipes of marihuana or grifo. Its use is as demoralizing as the use of narcotics. Smoking grifo is quite prevalent along the Oregon Short Line Railroad; and Idaho has no law to cope with the use and spread []
    • 2017, Marcelo Mendoza, Robert L. Barnes, El Gato Negro: Escaping Thirteen Deaths, volume IV, page 657:
      The operator was a man who liked to smoke grifo. Just my luck that day, my friend backpack happened to have a good supply of what I needed to sell to him.

Anagrams

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish grifo.

Noun

grifo

  1. faucet; tap

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance.

Pronunciation

Noun

grifo (accusative singular grifon, plural grifoj, accusative plural grifojn)

  1. griffin

Italian

Etymology

Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡri.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ifo
  • Hyphenation: grì‧fo

Noun

grifo m (plural grifi)

  1. griffin
  2. snout

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Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gryphus.

Noun

grīfo m

  1. griffin

Descendants

  • Middle High German: grīfe

Portuguese

 grifo on Portuguese Wikipedia
grifo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese grifo, from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gri‧fo

Noun

grifo m (plural grifos)

  1. (fantasy) griffin
  2. (heraldry) griffin
  3. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
  4. monkey wrench
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Etymology 2

Verb

grifo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grifar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin grȳphus, from grȳps, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾifo/
  • Rhymes: -ifo
  • Syllabification: gri‧fo

Noun

grifo m (plural grifos)

  1. tap, faucet (device used to dispense liquids)
  2. (Peru) petrol station, garage, filling station, gas station, service station
    Synonyms: gasolinera, estación de servicio, (Chile) bencinera, (Mexico) gasolinería, (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) bomba
  3. griffin
  4. (heraldry) griffin

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

grifo (feminine grifa, masculine plural grifos, feminine plural grifas)

  1. (colloquial) intoxicated (by alcohol, cannabis)

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