negrura

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

• IPA^(key): [neˈɣɾuɾɐ]

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

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

• Hyphenation: ne‧gru‧ra

negrura f (plural negruras)

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

   Synonyms: negridão, negror

From negro +‎ -ura.

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

negrura f (plural negruras)

1. blackness

   Synonym: negror

   Antonym: blancura

2. darkness

   Synonym: oscuridad

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

   Synonym: nubarrón

   Se está acercando una gran negrura, entra a casa.

   Big storm clouds are nearing, go into the house.

• “negrura”, 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
• “negrura”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010