embranzida

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from a blend of brandir (“to brandish”) and brunzir (“to hum”); the initial em- is a secondary development.

Pronunciation

Noun

embranzida f (plural embranzides)

  1. (physics) momentum
  2. impulse, thrust
    • 1994, Carmen Riera, Dins el darrer blau:
      Per contra, el faria caure d'una embranzida i un cop en terra el deixaria podrir fins que els cucs hi fessin una bona vega.
      On the contrary, he would make it fall with one push and once on the ground he would let it rot until the worms made a nice feast of it.

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