borracha
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Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
borracha
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish borracha (“wineskin”); because native Amazonians used rubber to make waterskins, the meaning began to apply to the substance.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Gaúcho) IPA(key): /bo.ˈʀa.ʃa/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /bu.ˈɦa.ʃɐ/
- Rhymes: -aʃɐ
- Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧cha
Noun[edit]
borracha f (plural borrachas)
- (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
- Synonym: látex
- eraser (thing used to remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil)
- wineskin (bag for holding wine)
- Synonym: odre
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Hunsrik: Borasch
Adjective[edit]
borracha
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Catalan morratxa (“flask”), influenced by morro (“snout”), from older marraixa (“carafe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
borracha f (plural borrachas)
Descendants[edit]
Noun[edit]
borracha f (plural borrachas)
- female equivalent of borracho
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
borracha
Further reading[edit]
- “borracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Asturian non-lemma forms
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʃɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʃɐ/3 syllables
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
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- Portuguese adjective forms
- Spanish terms derived from Catalan
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- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/atʃa
- Rhymes:Spanish/atʃa/3 syllables
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- Spanish feminine nouns
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