garra

From Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Gascon garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”). For the determiner sense, compare French personne or Catalan cap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/
• Syllabification: ga‧rra
• Rhymes: -ara

garra f

1. leg

   Me fa mal la garra.

   My leg hurts.

garra

1. no, not any (usually with no or other negative particle)

   No sé garra cuento

   I don't know any tale.

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.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Occitan garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.ra]

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

• jarret

• pota

• “garra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “garra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

garra

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkarra/

garra

1. attributive form of garas

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 Vulgar Latin *garra, from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garros; see Cornish garr.

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: gar‧ra

garra f (plural garras)

1. claw (curved horny nail)
2. (figuratively) drive; determination

   Synonyms: ânimo, genica, determinação, tenacidade

• “garra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “garra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

garra

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

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 Vulgar Latin *garra, from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garros; see Cornish garr. Compare to English har / English harr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/ [ˈɡa.ra]

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧rra

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.

garra

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

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

• girra

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

garra f (Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴰⵔⵔⴰ, plural girrat)

1. war

garra

1. testicles