gasòfia

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of earlier basòfia, from Spanish bazofia, from Italian bazzoffia (“vegetable soup”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈzɔ.fi.ə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈzɔ.fi.a/

Noun

gasòfia f (plural gasòfies)

a dish made from leftovers; slops
(figurative) hodgepodge, mess
- 2018, Màrius Serra, La novel·la de Sant Jordi:
  Sense aquestes tres qualitats, un text és una gasòfia.
  Without these three qualities, a text is a hodgepodge.

Derived terms

guisofi

Further reading

“gasòfia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“gasòfia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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