golfo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡolfo/
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Hyphenation: gol‧fo

Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”).

golfo (uncountable, accusative golfon)

1. (sports) golf

   Ĉu vi vidis lin svingi klubon? Li ludaĉas golfon.

   Have you seen him swing a club? He plays golf terribly.

Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe.

golfo (accusative singular golfon, plural golfoj, accusative plural golfojn)

1. (geography) gulf

   La Meksika Golfo estas la plej granda golfo tutmonde.

   The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.

• golfeto

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.fo/
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Hyphenation: gól‧fo

golfo m (plural golfi)

1. gulf

   Synonyms: baia, insenatura

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

golfo m (plural golfos)

1. gulf

golfo

1. first-person singular present indicative of golfar

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡolfo/ [ˈɡol.fo]
• Rhymes: -olfo
• Syllabification: gol‧fo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus following hypercorrection of the popular pronunciation of Latin 'ph' as 'p', itself from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

golfo m (plural golfos)

1. (geography) gulf
   • 2025 January 28, Jordan Valinsky, “Google Maps cambiará el nombre del golfo de México por el de "golfo de Estados Unidos"”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Y en un guiño a las contribuciones del golfo de México a la economía estadounidense, Trump está “ordenando que se le cambie oficialmente el nombre a golfo de América”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

From golfín. A more specific sense may apply in its feminine form golfa.

golfo (feminine golfa, masculine plural golfos, feminine plural golfas)

1. dishonest
2. nasty
3. promiscuous

golfo m (plural golfos, feminine golfa, feminine plural golfas)

1. scoundrel
2. sluggard
3. manwhore

• “golfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024