nafra

Aragonese

Etymology

From nafrar (“to wound”). Borrowed from Arabic نحر (naḥr, “to slaughter”). Cognate with Catalan nafra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾa/
• Syllabification: na‧fra
• Rhymes: -afɾa

Noun

nafra f

1. ulcer, wound, sore

Catalan

Etymology 1

From nafrar (“to wound”). Borrowed from Arabic نحر (naḥr, “to slaughter”). Cognate with Aragonese nafra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈna.fɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈna.fɾa]

Noun

nafra f (plural nafres)

1. ulcer, wound, sore
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Pus negre i cicatrius es confonien en una nafra repugnant.

     Black pus and scars mingled in a repugnant wound.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

nafra

1. inflection of nafrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

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The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Aragonese, from Arabic نحر (naḥr) (“slaughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾa/ [ˈna.fɾa]
• Rhymes: -afɾa
• Syllabification: na‧fra

Noun

nafra f (plural nafras)

1. (rustic, Spain) wound

   Synonyms: herida, llaga

Verb

nafra

1. inflection of nafrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nafra”, 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