borra
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
borra (uncountable)
- 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.
- 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
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Noun edit
borra f (plural borres)
- fluff, waste fibers
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “borra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
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Noun edit
borra f (plural borras)
- 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 [...]
- sediment, grounds, dreg, tartar
- ink (of a squid, octopus, etc)
- ash; soot
- meconium
- (figurative) vanity, arrogance, pride
Derived terms edit
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
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borra
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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.)
Noun edit
borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.ra/, (traditional) /ˈbor.ra/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔrra, (traditional) -orra
- Hyphenation: bòr‧ra, (traditional) bór‧ra
Noun edit
borra f (plural borre)
References edit
- ^ 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
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
borra f (plural borras)
- sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)
- Synonym: sedimento
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
borra
- inflection of borrar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.
Noun edit
borra f (plural borras)
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Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: bura
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
borra
- inflection of borrar:
Further reading edit
- “borra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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)
- (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
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | borra | borras | ||
Supine | borrat | borrats | ||
Imperative | borra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | borren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | borrar | borrade | borras | borrades |
Ind. plural1 | borra | borrade | borras | borrades |
Subjunctive2 | borre | borrade | borres | borrades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | borrande | |||
Past participle | borrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |