grifo

/ˈɡɾifo/ · B2 · adj

tap, faucet

🚰 grifo = griffin: a spout-beaked beast, also a tap and a gas pump

Spanish grifo comes from Latin gryphus, the griffin. Old taps and spouts were cast with griffin-head shapes, so the name moved to the tap, then to the fuel pump station. The drunk sense is slang: a person who is 'tapped out' or has flowed too much.

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