Meaning of gafa by furoya

1º_ Hook, wire finished in a curved shape to hold something, which in principle was the hook to tighten the strings of the crossbows. See staple , grampa , pin . It comes from the verb gafar ("to grasp, to hold"). 2º_ For the previous meaning, "suture, closure of a wound (even when thread is used and not staples)". 3º_ Glasses, is almost always used in plural (glasses) and comes from the first meaning, for the sideburns that hold them from the ears. 4º_ Inflection of the verb gafar . See verbs/glasses . 5º_ Gafa is the name of a locality in the municipality of Puerto del Son (autonomous community of Galicia, Spain); from a locality in Porto (Portugal); from a locality in Erbil (Kurdistan Region, Iraq) and from a village in Bukidnon Province (Philippines). 6º_ Feminine of gafo ("foolish, unfortunate, poor") . 7º_ GAFA is an acronym that unites four of the main technology brands on the internet: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.