Similar words
gancho
garfio is more menacing, like a pirate's hook or a grappling hook; gancho is the general everyday "hook."
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
gancho
gancho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hook."
Practice
1 What does garfio mean?
hook
2 Fill the gap: Colgó el pez con un ___.
Full sentence: Colgó el pez con un garfio. (He hung the fish on a hook.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches garfio?
garfio: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.