what are las urpas?

Question

What are las urpas?

Answer 1

Urpa/urpas is a catalan word meaning: garra/zarpa (spanish), claw (english)

Hola Pablo. You have my vote. - 007c5fc1, Mar 19, 2014

Answer 2

el gato con urpas loco

Yes, he definitely says ' tengo urpas' , one of the few bits I could make out, he speaks rather squeakily. - annierats, Mar 19, 2014

Answer 3

Nope I don't think so, I read it in a book, I'm not hearing it wrong. Quein se encarama con las urpas

Mariana,

Neither "urpa" nor "urpas" is in the Real Academia Española, which has every Spanish word out there.

I couldn't find it either but it's in a popular children's Spanish book "Huellas con sorpresa" so I thought it might be slang or short for something else - mariana538, Jun 12, 2010

has every Spanish word...until they print the new version to include the words made up on SpanishDict! - LateToDinner, Jun 13, 2010

Answer 4

This is just a guess. I'm wondering if the word you are hearing is: las hierbas

This is the SD dictionary definition of las hierbas:

hierba = herb noun

hierba, yerba feminine noun

1.. herb (planta) •mala hierba, yerba -> weed •hierbas aromáticas -> aromatic herbs •hierba, yerba mate -> maté •hierbas medicinales -> medicinal herbs

2.. grass (césped)

3.. grass (informal) (marihuana)

4.. (expresiones) •ser mala hierba, yerba -> to be a nasty piece of work •mala hierba, yerba nunca muere (Prov) -> ill weeds grow apace •y otras hierbas -> and so on

Nope I don't think so, I read it in a book, I'm not hearing it wrong. Quein se encarama con las urpas - mariana538, Jun 12, 2010

Answer 5

I´ve never heard or use the word "urpas" and I´m spanish speeker. I have that book too and I can tell the meaning is "who´s climbing with it´s claws"?

Answer 6

Since "quein" looks like a typo, are you sure 'urpas' is not, also?

Unless Mr/Ms Quein was a mountain climber and used Sherpas!

A Bear! okay, a tree climber!

Las Uñas = nails, claws ... could it be that the tilde over the 'n' confused the typesetter or does the 'ñ' print ok in the rest of the story?