nafra
Catalan
Etymology
From nafrar (“to wound”).
Noun
nafra f (plural nafres)
- 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.
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Further reading
- “nafra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nafra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Spanish
Etymology
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The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Aragonese, from Arabic نحر (naḥr) (“slaughter”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnafɾa/ [ˈna.fɾa]
- Rhymes: -afɾa
- Syllabification: na‧fra
References
- Corriente, Federico (2019-03-11), “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014 (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy
Further reading
- “nafra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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