broa

See also: bröa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin.

Noun

broa (countable and uncountable, plural broas)

1. A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, Bora, baro-, boar, bora, bora-

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Galician

Broa (maize bread) and pantrigo (wheat bread)

Alternative forms

• boroa

Etymology

Obscure. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa and Asturian borona, from a substrate language and not directly from Germanic *braudą (“bread”), as has been proposed. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”) (compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo.a̝/

Noun

broa f (plural broas)

1. (historical) millet bread
2. black bread, cornbread: bread made of rye, millet and maize
   • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):

     non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?

     our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

References

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• "borõa" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “broa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• broen

Noun

broa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bro

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Portuguese

broas

Alternative forms

• boroa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more. Compare Galician broa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo.a/, /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo.ɐ/, /ˈbɾow.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: bro‧a

Noun

broa f (plural s)

1. broa (type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil)
   • 2013, ANTÓNIO MOTA, O Lobisomem, Leya (→ISBN)

     Logo de manhãzinha, o Zezinho Patola apareceu em nossa casa, bebeu um cálice de aguardente e comeu uma fatiazinha do miolo de uma broa, porque já não tinha dentes para a côdea, que é a parte mais gostosa, […]

Descendants

• → English: broa

Further reading

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “broa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• broa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt