braça

braça

See also: braca and braća

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.sa/

Noun

braça f (plural braces)

1. breaststroke
2. (historical, measure) braza, a Spanish brace or fathom, a former unit of length

Coordinate terms

• peu (¹⁄₆ braça), vara (¹⁄₂ braça), pas or passa (⁵⁄₆ braça)

Further reading

• “braça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “braça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “braça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “braça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish braza, Catalan braça, and Italian braccia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧ça

Noun

braça f (plural braças)

1. (historical) Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of length about equal to 2.2 m
2. (historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): dedo (¹⁄₁₂₀ braça), polegada (¹⁄₈₀ braça), palmo (¹⁄₁₀ braça), pé (³⁄₂₀ braça), côvado (³⁄₁₀ braça), vara (¹⁄₂ braça), passo (³⁄₄ braça), toesa (⁹⁄₁₀ braça)

Related terms

• braço

See also

• milha, légua