garra

See also: Garra and ġarra

Aragonese

FWOTD – 13 May 2013

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Gascon garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/

Noun

garra f

1. leg

   Me fa mal la garra.

   My leg hurts.

Determiner

garra

1. no, not any (usually with no or other negative particle)

   No'n sé garra cuento

   I don't know any tale.

Pronoun

garra

1. none, not one (usually with no or other negative particle)

   No en tiengo garra.

   I have none.

   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 53:

     En estes casos no se deixa garra espacio entre os elementos anteriors y posteriors, y a barreta.

     In these cases no space is placed between the anterior and posterior elements, and the slash.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Occitan garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.ra]

Noun

garra f (plural garres)

1. shank (the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
2. tarsus (of animals)
3. claw, talon

   Synonym: urpa

Derived terms

• esgarrar
• garratibat
• garrell
• garrut

 

See also

• pota

References

• “garra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “garra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “garra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “garra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkarra/

Adjective

garra

1. attributive form of garas

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Portuguese

garra

Etymology

Possibly from garfa (“animal's claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (gārfā, “handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”), with influence from garfio (“hook”).

Or, possibly from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garrā; see Cornish garr.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁa/ [ˈɡa.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: gar‧ra

Noun

garra f (plural garras)

1. claw (curved horny nail)
2. (figuratively) drive; determination

   Synonyms: ânimo, genica, determinação, tenacidade

Further reading

• “garra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “garra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from garfa (“animal's claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (gárfa, “handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”), with influence from garfio (“hook”).

Or, possibly from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garrā; see Cornish garr. Compare to English har / English harr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/ [ˈɡa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ga‧rra

Noun

garra f (plural garras)

1. claw, talon

   Holonym: pata

2. paw
3. (figuratively) clutches
4. hook
5. (figuratively) passion, dedication, effort or audacity someone shows in action

   Él le pone mucha garra al trabajo.

   He puts a lot of effort into his work.

   luchar con garra

   fight passionately

   jugar con garra

   play with passion

Derived terms

• agarrar
• desgarrar
• garrapato

Further reading

• “garra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Wiradhuri

Noun

garra

1. testicles