Noun: broa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | broa |
| Plural f | broas |
Sample Sentences
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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?) [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)]
Nouns inflected like broa
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Obscure. From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa, Asturian boroña and Spanish borona. Possibly from Germanic *braudą (“bread”), as has been proposed, probably via Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ). Alternatively, perhaps from a Paleo-Hispanic. 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”)). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
borõa', Portuguese Nouns '
broa', Asturian Nouns '
boroña', Spanish Nouns '
borona', Old Norse Nouns '
barr', Latin Nouns '
far'.
Verbs referencing "broa"
Spanish Nouns
borona, Portuguese Nouns
broa, Asturian Nouns
boroña.
Translations