riff

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɪf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/rɪf/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rif )

Inflections of 'riff' (n):
riffs
npl (All usages. Capitalized when referring to people from Er Rif.)
Riffi
npl (For people from Er Rif only)
Riff
npl (Can be used as a collective plural for people from Er Rif—e.g. "Riff have inhabited this region for centuries.")
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
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riff n (music: short repeated phrase)riff nm
  (música, general)ostinato nm
  frase que se repite nf + loc pron
 The riff of the song was catchy and all the teenagers could sing it.
 El riff de la canción era pegadizo y todos los adolescentes podían cantarlo.
riff⇒ vi (music: play a riff) (música, general)tocar un ostinato loc verb
  (rock, coloquial)hacer un riff loc verb
 The guitarist riffed for 15 minutes.
riff n figurative, informal ([sth] improvised)riff nm
 The guitarist performed a solo riff.
 El guitarrista hizo un riff.
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Additional Translations
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Riff n (person from Er Rif)rifeño, rifeña nm, nf
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Locuciones verbales
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riff on,
riff on [sth] vtr phrasal insep		 figurative, informal (improvise on: a theme) (música)improvisar⇒ vtr
 The comedian riffed on current political tensions.
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Compound Forms:
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riffraff,
riff-raff n		 slang, pejorative (common people) (peyorativo)gentuza nf
  chusma nf
 The politician disdained the idea of shaking hands with the riffraff.
 Al político no le gustaba la idea de darle la mano a la gentuza.
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