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brusca

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Adjective

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brusca f sg

  1. feminine singular of brusc

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbru.ska/
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Hyphenation: brù‧sca

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin bruscus (butcher's broom).

Noun

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brusca f (plural brusche, diminutive bruschétta (dry twig) or bruschìno (scrubbing brush))

  1. scrubbing brush
  2. Synonym of coda cavallina
  3. stubble or dried-up twig
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *buskaz, with influence from brusco.

Noun

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brusca f (plural brusche, diminutive bruschétta)

  1. (obsolete) straw
  2. (historical) a flexible, graduated ruler used by shipbuilders
    Synonyms: busca, (obsolete) fraschia

Etymology 3

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Deverbal from bruscare (to burn, toast) +‎ -a.

Noun

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brusca f (plural brusche)

  1. (botany) scorch (desiccation of the apex of a leaf or shoot)
    Synonyms: abbruscatura, bruscatura

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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brusca

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

Further reading

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  • brusca1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Adjective

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brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brusquer.

Verb

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a brusca (third-person singular present bruschează, past participle bruscat) 1st conj.

  1. to shove
  2. (transitive) to rush (an operation)

Conjugation

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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Compare Italian brusca (scrubbing brush).

Noun

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brusca f (plural bruschi)

  1. scrubbing brush, especially one for grooming horses; a horsebrush
    Synonym: scupitta

Descendants

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  • Maltese: broxk

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “brusca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 569
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “brùsca”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 119

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾuska/ [ˈbɾus.ka]
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Syllabification: brus‧ca

Adjective

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brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

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