zafra

See also: Zafra

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Andalusian Arabic زُبْرَة (zúbra, “anvil”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zafra f (plural zafras)

1. anvil

   Synonyms: bigornia, engra

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zafra”, 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), “zafra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zafra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθafɾa/ [ˈθa.fɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsafɾa/ [ˈsa.fɾa]
• Rhymes: -afɾa
• Syllabification: za‧fra

Etymology 1

Said to be from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ, “yellow”) because of its being made of brass (Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr), whence Spanish azófar). The resemblance with Arabic صَفَّى (ṣaffā, “to filter”), مِصْفاة (miṣfāh, “colander”) is then coincidental.

Noun

zafra f (plural zafras)

1. colander (kitchen utensil)
2. oil bottle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَفْرة (safra, “trip, voyage”), because itinerant workers would travel during the harvest season.

Noun

zafra f (plural zafras)

1. harvest, chiefly that of sugar cane
2. sugar fabrication
3. 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)

Derived terms

• zafral (adjective)

 

Further reading

• “zafra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10