brossa

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Uncertain

Also compare Spanish brocha (paintbrush).

Noun

brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. leaf litter
  2. brush, brushwood, scrub
    Synonyms: malesa, brolla
  3. speck
  4. litter, rubbish, trash
    Synonym: escombraries
    correu brossajunk mail
  5. (computing, colloquial) bug
    Synonym: error
Derived terms

References

  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. broza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French brosse.

Noun

brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. bristle brush

Verb

brossa

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

French

Verb

brossa

  1. third-person singular past historic of brosser
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