Spanish Etymology Borrowed from Arabic سَفِيه (safīh, “foolish”). Pronunciation IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθafjo/ [ˈθa.fjo] IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsafjo/ [ˈsa.fjo] Rhymes: -afjo Syllabification: za‧fio Adjective zafio (feminine zafia, masculine plural zafios, feminine plural zafias) coarse; crude; crass Derived terms zafiedad Further reading “zafio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10 Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1991) “zafio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBNWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.