garra

See also: Garra and ġarra

Aragonese

FWOTD – 13 May 2013

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

garra f

1. leg

   Me fa mal la garra.

   My leg hurts.

Determiner

garra

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

   No sé garra cuento

   I don't know any tale.

Pronoun

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.

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• esgarrar
• esguerrar
• garracurt
• garrallarg
• garratibat
• garrell
• garró
• garrut

Related terms

• jarret

See also

• pota

References

• “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, 2026
• “garra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “garra”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Verb

garra

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkarra/

Adjective

garra

1. attributive form of garas

Portuguese

garra

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁa/ [ˈɡa.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: gar‧ra

Noun

garra f (plural garras)

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

   Synonyms: ânimo, genica, determinação, tenacidade

Further reading

• “garra”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “garra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

garra

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

Further reading

• “garra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/ [ˈɡa.ra]

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧rra

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• agarrar
• desgarrar
• garra de león
• garrapato

Verb

garra

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

Further reading

• “garra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• girra, lgirra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra and/or Arabic كيرة (gīrra).

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɡa.ra]
• Syllabification: gar‧ra
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

garra f (plural garrat, Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴰⵔⵔⴰ)

1. war

   Synonyms: řḥarb, amenɣi

Inflection

Inflection of garra

	singular	plural
free state	garra	garrat
annexed state	—	—

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Kossmann (2009)

Wiradjuri

Noun

garra

1. testicles