zafra

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See also: Zafra

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (zúbra, anvil).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθafɾa/, (western) /ˈsafɾa/

Noun

zafra f (plural zafras)

  1. anvil
    Synonyms: bigornia, engra

References

  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “zafra3”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ, yellow)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθafɾa/ [ˈθa.fɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsafɾa/ [ˈsa.fɾa]

Noun

zafra f (plural zafras)

  1. colander (kitchen utensil)
  2. season (part of the year when something happens)
    • 2016 January, “Oropeza: "No tengo nada que reprochar a los peloteros"”, in El Nacional[1]:
      "Dorante concluyó su zafra con record positivo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. oil bottle

Derived terms