braga

See also: Braga, bragă, Bragă, and brága

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.ɣa]

Noun

braga f (plural bragues)

1. nappy, diaper
2. (in the plural) underpants, knickers
3. (nautical) sling

Synonyms

• (nappy) bolquer
• (underpants) calces
• (sling) estrop

Derived terms

• bragada
• braguer
• bragueta
• embragar

Further reading

• “braga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Cornish

Etymology

From brag (“malt”) +‎ -a. Compare Welsh bragu.

Verb

braga

1. to brew

Conjugation

Conjugation of braga

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	bragav	bregydh	brag	bregyn	bregowgh	bragons	bregir
	preterite	bregis	bregsys	bragas	bregsyn	bregsowgh	bragsons	bragas
	imperfect	bragen	brages	braga	bragen	bragewgh	bragens	bregys
	pluperfect	bragsen	bragses	bragsa	bragsen	bragsewgh	bragsens	bregsys
subjunctive	present/future	brykkiv	brykki	brakko	brykkyn	brykkowgh	brakkons	brakker
	imperfect	brakken	brakkes	brakka	brakken	brakkewgh	brakkens	brykkys
imperative		-	brag	brages	bregyn	bragewgh	bragens	-
non-finite forms		present participle		ow praga	verbal adjective		bregys

Derived terms

• bregys (“brewed”)

Mutation

Mutation of braga

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
braga	vraga	unchanged	praga	fraga	vraga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bragas, from Latin brāca, of probable Celtic origin. Compare Latin Bracari, from a local substrate language.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaɡa/ [ˈbɾɑ.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbɾaɡa/ [ˈbɾɑ.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈbɾaħa/ [ˈbɾɑ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡa

• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Rhymes: -aħa

• Hyphenation: bra‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

1. (in the plural, dated) pants, trousers, breeches

   Synonym: calzón

   Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas (proverb) ― You won't fish trouts with dry pants

2. (also in the plural) panty; panties, knickers
3. bikini bottom
4. neck gaiter
5. underbelly
6. belly bacon

Derived terms

• bragada
• bragado
• bragal
• desbragar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bragas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bragas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “braga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “braga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “braga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: brà‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural braghe)

1. alternative form of braca

Anagrams

• garba

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaɡa/ [ˈbɾa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: bra‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

1. (in the plural) panty; panties, knickers

   Synonyms: bombacha, calzón

2. bikini bottom
3. neck gaiter

   Synonyms: braga militar, braga polar, buff

4. (Venezuela) romper suit, onesie

   Synonym: mono

Derived terms

• embragar
• en bragas
• no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas

Further reading

• “braga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “braga”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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