branda

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾan.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾan.da]

branda

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

branda (third person singular past indicative brandaði, third person plural past indicative brandað, supine brandað)

1. (poetic, kvæði) to shine (the sun)

   sól tók fagurt at branda

   the sun began to shine beautifully

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾanda/ [ˈbɾan̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: bran‧da

Unknown. Perhaps related to Galician braña or from Vulgar Latin *vērānata, from Vulgar Latin *vērānum, via *verãada (Cf. gando). Compare Portuguese branda.

branda f (plural brandas)

1. summertime pasture

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

branda

1. inflection of brandir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “branda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “branda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /ˈpranta/
• Rhymes: -anta

branda f (genitive singular bröndu, nominative plural bröndur)

1. small trout

branda

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of brandur

• brannda (obsolete)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑun̪ˠd̪ˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠan̪ˠd̪ˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠæn̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Borrowed from English brand.

branda m (genitive singular branda, nominative plural brandaí)

1. brand

• branda tí (“house brand”)
• ainm branda (“brand name”)

Borrowed from English brandy.

branda m (genitive singular branda, nominative plural brandaí)

1. brandy

• im branda (“brandy butter”)

See branra.

branda m (genitive singular branda, nominative plural brandaí)

1. alternative form of branra (“supporting bar; rest, support; tripod; gridiron; (penal) stocks; partly submerged reef”)

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “branda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “branda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “branda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16

branda f (plural brande)

1. camp bed, cot
2. hammock

• brandá (Barlavento)

From Portuguese abrandar.

branda

1. (Sotavento) to calm

   Synonyms: (Sotavento) kalma, (Barlavento) sosegá

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Postverbal back-formation from *brandyti (“to mature, ripen”), from Proto-Baltic *brand-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrond-, possibly a nasal extension of *bʰer- (“to bear”). Compare Latvian briedums (“mature”).

• IPA^(key): /brɐnˈdɐ/

brandà f (plural brañdos) stress pattern 4

1. good harvest, fertility
2. maturity

• “branda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński
• “branda”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

branda

1. accusative/genitive plural of brandr

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: bran‧da

Unknown. Perhaps related to Galician braña or from Vulgar Latin *vērānata, from Vulgar Latin *vērānum, via *verãada (compare dialectal gando). Compare also Galician branda.

branda f (plural brandas)

1. (Minho) summertime pasture

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

branda

1. feminine singular of brando

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “branda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Ottoman Turkish برانده (buranda, “a sailor's hammock”), from Italian branda.^[1] Cognates with Greek μπράντα (bránta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾan.da/
• Hyphenation: bran‧da

branda (definite accusative brandayı, plural brandalar)

1. (nautical) Thick, waterproof cloth used on ships; canvas, boat canvas.
2. (nautical) A hammock for sailors and ship crew to sleep in.

• “branda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “branda”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 679