borracha

borracha

1. feminine singular of borrachu

Borrowed from Spanish borracha (“wineskin”); because native Amazonians used rubber to make waterskins, the meaning began to apply to the substance.

• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /bo.ˈʀa.ʃa/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.ˈɦa.ʃɐ/
• Rhymes: -aʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧cha

borracha f (plural borrachas)

1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)

   Synonym: látex

2. eraser (thing used to remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil)

   Synonym: safa

3. wineskin (bag for holding wine)

   Synonym: odre

• → Hunsrik: Borasch

borracha

1. feminine singular of borracho

• abrochar, brochara, brochará

From Catalan morratxa (“flask”), influenced by morro (“snout”), from older marraixa (“carafe”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈrat͡ʃa/ [boˈra.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: bo‧rra‧cha

borracha f (plural borrachas)

1. wineskin

   Synonym: bota

• → Italian: borraccia
• → Portuguese: borracha
  • → Hunsrik: Borasch

borracha f (plural borrachas)

1. female equivalent of borracho

borracha

1. feminine singular of borracho

• “borracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• abrochar