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nafra

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From nafrar (“to wound”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nafra f (plural nafres)

  1. 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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Etymology 2

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Verb

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nafra

  1. inflection of nafrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Aragonese, from Arabic نحر (naḥr) (“slaughter”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnafɾa/ [ˈna.fɾa]
  • Rhymes: -afɾa
  • Syllabification: na‧fra

Noun

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nafra f (plural nafras)

  1. wound
    Synonyms: herida, llaga

Verb

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nafra

  1. inflection of nafrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2019 March 11) “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014‎[1] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy, archived from the original on 17 December 2020

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