gratera

== Catalan == === Etymology === From gratar +‎ -era. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ɡɾəˈte̞.ɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ɡɾəˈte.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡɾaˈte.ɾa] === Noun === gratera f (plural grateres) the desire or the urge to scratch oneself; itch === Further reading === “gratera”, 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