brocha

brocha

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: brochas, brochât

Verb

brocha

1. third-person singular past historic of brocher

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Galician

Etymology 1

Circa 1433. From Old French broche (“pin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. 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

2. bolt (used, for example, to fix the mobile parts of a yoke)
3. tacks used by shoemakers

   Synonym: chatola

Related terms

• abrochar
• broche

Etymology 2

From French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush

   Synonym: pincel

References

• “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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French broche.

Noun

brocha m (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush

Verb

brocha

1. inflection of brochar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush (usually thicker than a pincel)

Descendants

• → Catalan: brotxa
• → Cebuano: brotsa
• → Tagalog: brotsa

Adjective

brocha

1. feminine singular of brocho

Further reading

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