brotsa

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish brocha, from French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse, from Middle French, from Old French broche, broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“underbrush”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreus- (“to swell, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: brot‧sa

Noun

brotsa

1. a brush; a paintbrush
2. cunnilingus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• brutsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brocha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾot͡ʃa/ [ˈbɾoː.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ot͡ʃa
• Syllabification: brot‧sa

Noun

brotsa (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ)

1. paintbrush (usually large)
2. painting with a paintbrush
3. (vulgar, slang) cunnilingus

Derived terms

• brotsahan
• brotsahin
• magbrotsa

 

See also

• pinsel
• tsupa

Further reading

• “brotsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018