See also: borrá, bórra, and bórrá

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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borra (uncountable)

  1. leafy matter found in wax
    • 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:
      [] continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.

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Inherited from Latin burra.

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borra f (plural borres)

  1. fluff, waste fibers

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Latin burra.

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borra f (plural borras)

  1. rough wool; flock (coarse tufts of wool used in bedding)
    • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:
      It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas
      Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and another of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]
  2. sediment, grounds, dreg, tartar
  3. ink (of a squid, octopus, etc)
  4. ash; soot
  5. meconium
  6. (figurative) vanity, arrogance, pride

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References edit

  • borra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • borra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • borra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • borra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • borra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From bor +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈborːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bor‧ra

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borra

  1. sublative singular of bor
    Nincs pénzünk borra.We don't have money for wine.

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Irish edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)

  1. barrow, hog

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
borra bhorra mborra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “borra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • hog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin burra.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.ra/, (traditional) /ˈbor.ra/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrra, (traditional) -orra
  • Hyphenation: bòr‧ra, (traditional) bór‧ra

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borra f (plural borre)

  1. waste
  2. cotton

References edit

  1. ^ borra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sicilian burra; compare burrasca (sudden rainfall, storm). Most probably from Latin boreas (north wind), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās), though compare also Latin burra (rag, flock), which might give the sense “snowflake”. In any case, the development from “rain” to “snow” is not unlikely in Malta, where what is considered “snow” is usually sleet, while actual snow is very rare.

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borra f

  1. snow, sleet
    Synonym: (commoner) silġ

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Etymology 1 edit

From Latin burra.

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borra f (plural borras)

  1. sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)
    Synonym: sedimento
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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borra

  1. inflection of borrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbora/ [ˈbo.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Syllabification: bo‧rra

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.

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borra f (plural borras)

  1. young female sheep
  2. rough wool
  3. flock (for mattress)
  4. stuffing (for cushions)
  5. cotton waste
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Descendants edit
  • Tagalog: bura

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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borra

  1. inflection of borrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr +‎ -a.

Verb edit

borra (present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)

  1. (sometimes with upp, putting more emphasis on the result) to drill, to bore (make a hole with a drill or other boring instrument, through twisting and pressure)
    borra (upp) ett hål i en vägg
    drill a hole in a wall
    borra efter olja
    drill for oil

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