negrura

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From negro (“black”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [neˈɣɾuɾɐ]

Noun

negrura f (plural negruras)

1. blackness

   Synonym: negror

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 300:

     Mays sabede que Deus nõ fezo ẽno mũdo pez nẽ outra cousa que tã negra fosse cõmo era este rrey Perses et seu sobriño, nẽ que sse cõparar podesse aa sua negrura

     But you must know that God did nothing in the world, nor pitch nor other thing, as black as this king Perses and his nephew, nor that can compare to their blackness

2. darkness; gloom

   Synonyms: escuridade, tebras

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “negrura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “negrura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “negrura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “negrura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “negrura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/ [nɨˈɣɾu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ne‧gru‧ra

Noun

negrura f (plural negruras)

1. blackness (the condition of being black in colour, or dark)

   Synonyms: negridão, negror

Spanish

Etymology

From negro +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡɾuɾa/ [neˈɣ̞ɾu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ne‧gru‧ra

Noun

negrura f (plural negruras)

1. blackness

   Synonym: negror

   Antonym: blancura

2. darkness

   Synonym: oscuridad

3. (colloquial, El Salvador, Uruguay) storm clouds

   Se está acercando una gran negrura, entra a casa.

   Big storm clouds are nearing, go into the house.

Related terms

• color
• iluminación

 

Further reading

• “negrura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “negrura” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010