brocha

From the Ashkenazic pronunciation, as represented in Yiddish ברכה (brokhe).

brocha (plural brochos)

1. Alternative form of berakhah

• broach, Chorba, Broach, Orbach, chorba

• Homophones: brochas, brochât

brocha

1. third-person singular past historic of brocher

Circa 1433. From Old French broche (“pin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. pin, brooch

   Synonym: broche

   • post 1433, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, page 92:

     ano XXXIII a onze de março o vicario afonso fernandes et o thesoureiro esteuoo fernandes tomaron a gomes coton tres brochas de prata que andauan enas capas as quaes foron para apostar os bordoos

     year 33, march eleven, the vicar Afonso Fernandes and the treasurer Estevo Fernandes took from Gomes Cotón three silver pins that were with the cloaks, and they were used to adorn the staves

2. bolt (used, for example, to fix the mobile parts of a yoke)
3. tacks used by shoemakers

   Synonym: chatola

• abrochar
• broche

From French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush

   Synonym: pincel

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brocha”, 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), “brocha”, in Tesouro informatizado 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), “brocha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brocha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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brocha

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Clipping of brosza + -cha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔ.xa/
• Rhymes: -ɔxa
• Syllabification: bro‧cha

brocha f

1. Augmentative of brosza

• brocha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (nonstandard) broxa

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broche.

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush
2. broach

brocha

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

Borrowed from French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

brocha f (plural brochas)

1. paintbrush, brush (usually thicker than a pincel)

• → Catalan: brotxa
• → Cebuano: brotsa
• → Tagalog: brotsa

brocha

1. feminine singular of brocho

• “brocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014