borra

See also: borrá, bórra, and bórrá

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

borra (uncountable)

1. leafy matter found in wax
   • 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:

     […] continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.

Anagrams

• Barro, arbor

---

Galician

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbora̝/

Noun

borra f (plural borras)

1. rough wool; flock (coarse tufts of wool used in bedding)
   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas

     Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and another of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]

2. sediment, grounds, dreg, tartar
3. ink (of a squid, octopus, etc)
4. ash; soot
5. meconium
6. (figurative) vanity, arrogance, pride

Derived terms

• borralla
• borrallo
• borrea
• borreiro
• borrela
• borrento
• borrifo
• borrisco
• borro
• borroa
• borroallo
• borroeiro
• borrón

 

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “borra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “borra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

---

Hungarian

Etymology

From bor +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborːɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧ra

Noun

borra

1. sublative singular of bor

   Nincs pénzünk borra. ― We don't have money for wine.

---

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)

1. barrow, hog

Declension

Declension of borra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative borra borraí Vocative a bhorra a bhorraí Genitive borra borraí Dative borra borraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an borra na borraí Genitive an bhorra na mborraí Dative leis an mborra don bhorra leis na borraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
borra	bhorra	mborra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “hog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

---

Italian

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f (plural borre)

1. waste
2. cotton

Anagrams

• barro, barrò

---

Maltese

Etymology

Uncertain. Bears possibly coincidental resemblance to Albanian borë (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.rɐ/

Noun

1. snow
2. sleet

---

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f (plural borras)

1. sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)

   Synonym: sedimento

Derived terms

• borra de café

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

borra

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

---

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbora/ [ˈbo.ra]

Etymology 1

From Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.

Noun

borra f (plural borras)

1. young female sheep
2. rough wool
3. flock (for mattress)
4. stuffing (for cushions)
5. cotton waste

Derived terms

• borrego

Descendants

• → Tagalog: bura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

borra

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of borrar.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

---

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr +‎ -a.

Verb

borra (present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)

1. to drill (make a hole using a drill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of borra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	borra		borras
Supine	borrat		borrats
Imperative	borra		—
Imper. plural1	borren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	borrar	borrade	borras	borrades
Ind. plural1	borra	borrade	borras	borrades
Subjunctive2	borre	borrade	borres	borrades
	Participles
Present participle	borrande
Past participle	borrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• borr
• borrning
• uppborra

 

Anagrams

• broar