braço

See also: braco

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.t͡so/

Noun

braço m (plural braços)

1. arm
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 222 (facsimile):

     […] pelo braço lle sayu / uiua aquela aranna.

     […] that spider emerged alive from his arm.

Descendants

• Galician: brazo
• Portuguese: braço

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium (“forearm, arm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾat͡so/

Noun

braço m (plural braços)

1. arm
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5r:

     Corrio eſau aencuẽtro de ſo ermano. E abraçol ⁊ echo ſobre ſo cuello el braço. E ſaludolo. ⁊ omillos eſau. E toda ſu cõpãna de iacob.

     Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him and put his arm over his neck. And he greeted him and bowed before Esau, and so too all of Jacob's company.

Derived terms

• abraçar (verb)

Descendants

• Ladino: braso
• Spanish: brazo

Portuguese

Picture dictionary

braço

ombro

braço

cotovelo

antebraço

pulso

mão

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membro

membro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, Romanian braț, and Italian braccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.su/

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: bra‧ço

• Audio (Oporto, Portugal)

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Noun

braço m (plural braços)

2. arm (upper limb)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:

     Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.

     Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.

4. (specifically) upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder)
6. (loosely) any limb or tentacle
8. arm (part of an object designed to be used with the arm)
   2. arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm)
   4. arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on)
10. arm (anything that extends out from another thing)
    2. (music) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)
    4. (geography) arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body)
    6. (geography) a smaller range extending from a mountain range
    8. (mechanics) the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum
    10. (genetics) arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere)
    12. (astronomy) arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy)
12. arm (person employed to do manual labour)
14. (figurative) arm; might; power

Synonyms

• (limb): membro
• (sleeve): manga
• (power): poder

Derived terms

• bracinho (diminutive)
• bração (augmentative)
• antebraço
• braçadeira
• braçal
• braçudo

Related terms

• abraçar
• braça
• braquial