braga

See also: Braga, bragă, Bragă, and brága

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.ɣa]

Noun

braga f (plural bragues)

1. nappy, diaper
2. (in the plural) underpants, knickers
3. (nautical) sling

Synonyms

• (nappy) bolquer
• (underpants) calces
• (sling) estrop

Derived terms

• bragada
• braguer
• bragueta
• embragar

 

Further reading

• “braga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bragas, from Latin brāca, of probable Celtic origin. Compare Latin Bracari, from a local substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾaɣɐ]

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

1. (in the plural, dated) pants, trousers, breeches

   Synonym: calzón

   Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas (proverb) ― You won't fish trouts with dry pants

2. (also in the plural) panty; panties, knickers
3. bikini bottom
4. neck gaiter
5. underbelly
6. belly bacon

Derived terms

• bragada
• bragado
• bragal
• desbragar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bragas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bragas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “braga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “braga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “braga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: brà‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural braghe)

1. Alternative form of braca

Anagrams

• garba

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaɡa/ [ˈbɾa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: bra‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

1. (in the plural) panty; panties, knickers

   Synonyms: bombacha, calzón

2. bikini bottom
3. (Venezuela) romper suit, onesie

   Synonym: mono

Derived terms

• en bragas
• no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas

 

Further reading

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