braza

• brass

From Spanish braza (“Spanish brace”), from Old Spanish braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“arm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”).

braza (plural brazas)

1. (historical) Synonym of estado, a traditional Spanish unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m.

From Old Galician-Portuguese braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Compare Portuguese braça, Spanish braza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaθa̝/, (western) /ˈbɾasa̝/

braza m (plural brazas)

1. (historical, measure) braza, a Spanish brace or fathom, a former measure of length equal to 2 varas or about 1.67 meters

• pé (¹⁄₆ braza), vara (¹⁄₂ braza), paso (⁵⁄₆ braza)

• abrazar
• brazada

• “braça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “braça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “braza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “braza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “braza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbɾaθa/ [ˈbɾa.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: bra‧za

braza f (plural brazas)

1. breaststroke
2. (historical) Synonym of estado, the Spanish brace or fathom (a traditional unit of length equal to 2 varas or about 1.67 meters)

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