xafarder
Catalan
Etymology
From fer safareig (“to do the laundry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃə.fərˈde]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃa.faɾˈðeɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
Adjective
xafarder (feminine xafardera, masculine plural xafarders, feminine plural xafarderes)
Noun
xafarder m (plural xafarders, feminine xafardera, feminine plural xafarderes)
- gossip, gossipmonger
- Synonym: tafaner
Derived terms
Further reading
- “xafarder” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “xafarder”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007