brasa

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. From Vulgar Latin *brasa, perhaps from a pre-latin substrate or from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.za]

Noun

brasa f (plural brases)

1. coal, ember

Related terms

• abrasar, abrasir
• abrusar

Further reading

• “brasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “brasa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “brasa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “brasa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bra‧sa

Noun

brasa

1. (historical) a Flemish ell

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.za/
• Homophones: brasas, brasât

Verb

brasa

1. third-person singular past historic of braser

Anagrams

• sabra

Galician

Etymology

14th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin, perhaps Germanic, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil, brew”), or from *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

Cognate with Fala and Portuguese brasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. (singular or plural) ember, live coal; embers

   Synonyms: ascua, remol, rescaldo

   sacar a brasa coa man allea (idiom) ― to take away the embers with the hand of other

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 662:

     Et a(a)s casas p(r)intadas et nobles todas forõ tornadas en brasas

     And all the noble houses were turned into embers

Derived terms

• á brasa (“roasted”)
• abrasar (“to scorch”)
• braseiro (“brazier”)

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “brasa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brasa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “brasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “brasa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brasa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Verb

brasa

1. inflection of brasare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• sabra

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.

Cognate with Old Spanish brasa.

Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. ember (a glowing piece of coal or wood)
   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Como Troia ffuy destroyda” (chapter 428), in Crónica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 166v; republished as Ramón Lorenzo (in Galician), A Coruña: RAG, 1985, →DOI, page 662:

     Et aãs caſas pintadas ⁊ nõbls todas fõro tornadas ẽn braſas.

     And the painted and noble houses were all turned to embers.

Descendants

• Fala: brasa
• Galician: brasa
• Portuguese: brasa

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “brasa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French brese (“glowing charcoal”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaza/

Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. ember, live coal
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 56r. col. 1.

     Euelo ami uno de los ſeraphin en ſue mano braſa q́ con las tenazas ṕſo del altar etannio ſobre mi boca

     Then one of the seraphim flew to me; in his hand a live coal he had taken from the altar with tongs, and he touched it on my mouth

   • Idem, f. 63v. col. 1.

     en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades

     the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

Descendants

• Spanish: brasa

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese braço and Spanish brazo and Kabuverdianu brasu.

Noun

brasa

1. arm (limb)

Verb

brasa

1. to embrace
2. to hug

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.

Cognate with Fala and Galician brasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧sa

Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. ember (a glowing piece of coal or wood)
2. (by extension) heat, hotness
3. (by extension, colloquial) hottie (attractive person)

Derived terms

• abrasar
• brasil

 

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish brasa, of unknown origin, but probably connected to French braise, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: bra‧sa
• Homophone: (Latin America) braza

Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. hot coal, ember

   Synonym: rescoldo

Derived terms

• abrasar
• dar la brasa

 

Further reading

• “brasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Portuguese abraçar.

Noun

brasa

1. embrace, hug, cuddle

Verb

brasa

1. to embrace, to hug, to cuddle

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil, brew”), or from *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

Noun

brasa c

1. a small, controlled fire used for warmth

Declension

Declension of brasa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	brasa	brasan	brasor	brasorna
Genitive	brasas	brasans	brasors	brasornas

Derived terms

• eldsvåda
• ta sig i brasan
• vådeld

 

See also

• brand
• bål
• eld
• vårdkase

 

References

• brasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• arabs, basar