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English
Etymology
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Noun
borra (uncountable)
- leafy matter found in wax
- 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:
- continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin burra.
Pronunciation
Noun
borra f (plural borres)
- fluff, waste fibers
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Galician
Etymology
From Latin burra.
Pronunciation
Noun
borra f (plural borras)
- rough wool; flock (coarse tufts of wool used in bedding)
1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas- Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and another of wool, with its pillow and two quilts
- sediment, grounds, dreg, tartar
- ink (of a squid, octopus, etc)
- ash; soot
- meconium
- (figurative) vanity, arrogance, pride
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References
- “borra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “borra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “borra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “borra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “borra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hungarian
Etymology
From bor + -ra.
Pronunciation
Noun
borra
- sublative singular of bor
- Nincs pénzünk borra. ― We don't have money for wine.
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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)
- barrow, hog
Declension
Mutation
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “hog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Italian
Etymology
From Latin burra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔr.ra/, (traditional) /ˈbor.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔrra, (traditional) -orra
- Hyphenation: bòr‧ra, (traditional) bór‧ra
Noun
borra f (plural borre)
- waste
- cotton
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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian burra; compare burrasca (“sudden rainfall, storm”). Most probably from Latin boreas (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās), though compare also Latin burra (“rag, flock”), which might give the sense “snowflake”. In any case, the development from “rain” to “snow” is not unlikely in Malta, where what is considered “snow” is usually sleet, while actual snow is very rare.
Pronunciation
Noun
borra f
- snow, sleet
- Synonym: (commoner) silġ
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Latin burra.
Pronunciation
Noun
borra f (plural borras)
- sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)
- Synonym: sedimento
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
borra
- inflection of borrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbora/
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: bo‧rra
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.
Noun
borra f (plural borras)
- young female sheep
- rough wool
- flock (for mattress)
- stuffing (for cushions)
- cotton waste
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
borra
- inflection of borrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr + -a.
Verb
borra (present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)
- (sometimes with upp, putting more emphasis on the result) to drill, to bore (make a hole with a drill or other boring instrument, through twisting and pressure)
borra (upp) ett hål i en vägg- drill a hole in a wall
borra efter olja- drill for oil
Conjugation
Conjugation of borra (weak)
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