brocha
See also: brochą
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Ashkenazic pronunciation, as represented in Yiddish ברכה (brokhe).
Noun edit
brocha (plural brochos)
- Alternative form of berakhah
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brocha
- third-person singular past historic of brocher
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Circa 1433. From Old French broche (“pin”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brocha f (plural brochas)
- pin, brooch
- Synonym: broche
- post 1433, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, page 92:
- ano XXXIII a onze de março o vicario afonso fernandes et o thesoureiro esteuoo fernandes tomaron a gomes coton tres brochas de prata que andauan enas capas as quaes foron para apostar os bordoos
- year 33, march eleven, the vicar Afonso Fernandes and the treasurer Estevo Fernandes took from Gomes Cotón three silver pins that were with the cloaks, and they were used to adorn the staves
- ano XXXIII a onze de março o vicario afonso fernandes et o thesoureiro esteuoo fernandes tomaron a gomes coton tres brochas de prata que andauan enas capas as quaes foron para apostar os bordoos
- bolt (used, for example, to fix the mobile parts of a yoke)
- tacks used by shoemakers
- Synonym: chatola
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brocha f (plural brochas)
- paintbrush, brush
- Synonym: pincel
References edit
- “brocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “brocha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “brocha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “brocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from brosza + -cha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brocha f
Declension edit
Declension of brocha
Further reading edit
- brocha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (nonstandard) broxa
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broche.
Noun edit
brocha f (plural brochas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
brocha
- inflection of brochar:
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.
Noun edit
brocha f (plural brochas)
- paintbrush, brush (usually thicker than a pincel)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
brocha
Further reading edit
- “brocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014