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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese braçada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), From camba (“bend”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
Noun
brazada f (plural brazadas)
- (collective) armful
- fathom
- Synonym: braza
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “braçada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “braçad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brazada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “brazada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brazada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “brazada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From braza + -ada.
Pronunciation
Noun
brazada f (plural brazadas)
- (swimming) stroke
- (obsolete everywhere outside Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) an estado
- Synonyms: estado, braza
- (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a unit of length used for fabric and strings, which varies between 1 and 1.20 m
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