rifa

From rifar (“to quarrel; to raffle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa̝/

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. quarrel; brawl
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

     E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

     And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail

2. raffle

• “rifa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “rifa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rifa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From the Old Norse rífa (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Cognate with Scottish rive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːva/
• Rhymes: -ɪːva

rifa f (genitive singular rifu, nominative plural rifur)

1. a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent
2. a gap, a slit, a crack, a cleft, a fissure

• bjargrifa
• klettarifa

• arfi

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁifɐ/
• Hyphenation: ri‧fa

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)

rifa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rifar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rifar

Onomatopoetic in origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifa/
• Hyphenation: ri‧fa

rifa f (plural rifas)

1. lottery, raffle
2. contention, strife

• sorteo

• rifar

rifa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rifar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rifar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rifar.