zafra

Perhaps from Andalusian Arabic زُبْرَة (zúbra, “anvil”).[1]

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

zafra f (plural zafras)

1. anvil

   Synonyms: bigornia, engra

• “zafra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zafra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zafra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

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.

zafra f (plural zafras)

1. colander (kitchen utensil)
2. oil bottle

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

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:

     "Dorante concluyó su zafra con record positivo.

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• “zafra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014