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): /ˈɡara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧rra

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 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, 2nd 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.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited 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
• garracurt
• garrallarg
• garratibat
• garrell
• garró
• garrut

 

Related terms

• jarret

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.

Galician

Verb

garra

1. inflection of garrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkarra/

Adjective

garra

1. attributive form of garas

Portuguese

garra

Etymology 1

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

 

• (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/

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

garra

1. inflection of garrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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]

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: 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 (shown by someone in an action)

   luchar con garra ― fight passionately

   jugar con garra ― play with passion

   Él le pone mucha garra al trabajo.

   He puts a lot of effort into his work.

Derived terms

• agarrar
• desgarrar
• garrapato

 

Verb

garra

1. inflection of garrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• girra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

Noun

garra f (Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴰⵔⵔⴰ, plural girrat)

1. war

Wiradjuri

Noun

garra

1. testicles