garrofa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• garrova

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈrɔ.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈrɔ.fa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

garrofa f (plural garrofes)

1. carob (bean)
2. sideburn
3. fluke (of an anchor)
4. (figurative) lie

   Synonym: mentida

Derived terms

• garrofer
• garrofera
• garrofí
• garrofó

Related terms

• garrafal

Further reading

• “garrofa”, 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
• “garrofa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “garrofa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “garrofa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• algarroba
• garroba

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrofa/ [ɡaˈro.fa]
• Rhymes: -ofa
• Syllabification: ga‧rro‧fa

Noun

garrofa f (plural garrofas)

1. carob (fruit of the carob tree)

Further reading

• “garrofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025