braço

See also: braco

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.t͡so/

Noun

braço m

arm
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 222 (facsimile):
  […] pelo braço lle sayu / uiua aquela aranna.
  […] that spider emerged alive from his arm.

Descendants

Galician: brazo
Portuguese: braço

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium (“forearm, arm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɾat͡so/

Noun

braço m (plural braços)

arm
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5r.
  Corrio eſau aencuétro de ſo ermano. E abraçol ¬ echo ſobre ſo cuello el braço. E ſaludolo. ¬ omillos eſau. E toda ſu cópána de iacob.
  Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him and put his arm over his neck. And he greeted him and bowed before Esau, and so too all of Jacob's company.

Derived terms

abraçar (verb)

Descendants

Spanish: brazo
Ladino: braso

Portuguese

Braço

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, and Italian braccio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.su/

Rhymes: -asu
Hyphenation: bra‧ço
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)

Noun

braço m (plural braços)

arm (upper limb)
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:
  Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.
  Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.
(specifically) upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder)
(loosely) any limb or tentacle
arm (part of an object designed to be used with the arm)
1. arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm)
2. arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on)
arm (anything that extends out from another thing)
1. (music) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)
2. (geography) arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body)
3. (geography) a smaller range extending from a mountain range
4. (mechanics) the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum
5. (genetics) arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere)
6. (astronomy) arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy)
arm (person employed to do manual labour)
(figurative) arm; might; power

Synonyms

(limb): membro
(sleeve): manga
(power): poder

Derived terms

bracinho (diminutive)
bração (augmentative)
antebraço
braçadeira
braçal

Related terms

abraçar
braça
braquial