Polyglot Dictionary

grifar

/ɡɾiˈfaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
grifo
preterite (eu)
grifei
past participle
grifado

Meaning

  1. to underline

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

sublinhar

grifar is more about highlighting or marking text in general; sublinhar is more literal, to draw a line under text — both mean "to underline."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

subrayar

subrayar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to underline."

Practice

1 What does grifar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches grifar?

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