brossa

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾɔ.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾɔ.sa]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Etymology 1

Uncertain

Also compare Spanish brocha (paintbrush).

Noun

brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. leaf litter
  2. brush, brushwood, scrub
    Synonyms: malesa, brolla
  3. speck
  4. litter, rubbish, trash
    Synonym: escombraries
    correu brossajunk mail
  5. (computing, colloquial) bug
    Synonym: error
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. ^ broza”, 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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French brosse.

Noun

brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. bristle brush

Etymology 3

Verb

brossa

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

French

Verb

brossa

  1. third-person singular past historic of brosser