broa

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin (a doublet of bread).

broa (countable and uncountable, plural broas)

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

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

• boroa, brea, brona

Obscure. From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa, Asturian boroña and Spanish borona. Possibly from Germanic *braudą (“bread”), as has been proposed,^[1] probably via Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ). Alternatively, perhaps from a Paleo-Hispanic. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”)).^[2] (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “can this etymology be reviewed ? it appears to be hypothetical and no more sure than any other theory”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾo.ɐ]

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?

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “borõa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “broa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “broa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

• broen

broa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bro

• boroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ, “bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”). Alternatively, perhaps from Paleo-Hispanic. See that entry for more. Compare Galician broa.

• Hyphenation: bro‧a

broa f (plural broas)

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

     Early in the morning, Zezinho Patola appeared at our house, drank a glass of brandy and ate a small slice of bread crumbs, because he no longer had teeth for the crust, which is the tastiest part

2. (colloquial) an attractive or hot woman

• → English: broa

• “broa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• 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