arfada

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish arfar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish arfada

From arfar + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈfada/ [aɾˈfa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ar‧fa‧da

Noun

arfada f (plural arfadas)

1. (nautical) pitch (measure of extent to which a vessel's bow and stern go up and down)
2. oscillation, rocking

Further reading

• “arfada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025