broa

See also: bröa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin.

Noun

broa (countable and uncountable, plural broas)

  1. A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

Anagrams

Galician

Broa (maize bread) and pantrigo (wheat bread)
broa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Obscure. From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa, Asturian borona and Spanish borona. Possibly from Germanic *braudą (bread), as has been proposed,[1] probably via Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ). Alternatively, perhaps from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (spike, prickle) (compare Welsh bara (bread), Old Norse barr (corn, grain, barley), Latin far (spelt), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar (grass), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, plant deity)).[2]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɾo.ɐ]

Noun

broa f (plural broas)

  1. (historical) millet bread
  2. black bread, cornbread: bread made of rye, millet and maize
    • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):
      non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?
      our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

References

  • borõa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • broa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • broa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • broa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “boroa”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “borona”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

broa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bro

Portuguese

broas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ, bread), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (cooked food, leavened bread). Alternatively, perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. See that entry for more. Compare Galician broa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾo.a/
 

  • Hyphenation: bro‧a

Noun

broa f (plural broas)

  1. broa (type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil)
    • 2013, ANTÓNIO MOTA, O Lobisomem, Leya, →ISBN:
      Logo de manhãzinha, o Zezinho Patola apareceu em nossa casa, bebeu um cálice de aguardente e comeu uma fatiazinha do miolo de uma broa, porque já não tinha dentes para a côdea, que é a parte mais gostosa
      Early in the morning, Zezinho Patola appeared at our house, drank a glass of brandy and ate a small slice of bread crumbs, because he no longer had teeth for the crust, which is the tastiest part
  2. (colloquial) an attractive or hot woman

Descendants

  • English: broa

Further reading

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