gafas

/ˈɡafas/ · B1 · noun · f

spectacles

gafas — spectacles

👓 Sounds like gaffes, the blunders you make when you forget your glasses

Etymology: gafa once meant a hook or clasp in Spanish. Early glasses hooked over the ears, so the hooks gave them their name. It is always plural: las gafas, just like English glasses.

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