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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Uncertain
Also compare Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”).
Noun
brossa f (plural brosses)
- leaf litter
- brush, brushwood, scrub
- Synonyms: malesa, brolla
- speck
- litter, rubbish, trash
- Synonym: escombraries
- correu brossa ― junk mail
- (computing, colloquial) bug
- Synonym: error
Derived terms
References
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ “broza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French brosse.
Noun
brossa f (plural brosses)
- bristle brush
Etymology 3
Verb
brossa
- inflection of brossar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Verb
brossa
- third-person singular past historic of brosser