brusca

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Pronunciation

Adjective

brusca f sg

  1. feminine singular of brusc

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbru.ska/
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Hyphenation: brù‧sca

Etymology 1

From Late Latin bruscus (“butcher's broom”).

Noun

brusca f (plural brusche, diminutive bruschétta or bruschìno)

  1. scrubbing brush
  2. Synonym of coda cavallina
  3. stubble or dried-up twig
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buskaz, with influence from brusco.

Noun

brusca f (plural brusche, diminutive bruschétta)

  1. (obsolete) straw
  2. (historical) a flexible, graduated ruler used by shipbuilders
    Synonyms: busca, (obsolete) fraschia

Etymology 3

Deverbal from bruscare (“to burn, toast”) +‎ -a.

Noun

brusca f (plural brusche)

  1. (botany) scorch (desiccation of the apex of a leaf or shoot)
    Synonyms: abbruscatura, bruscatura

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brusca

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

Further reading

  • brusca1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Adjective

brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brusquer.

Verb

a brusca (third-person singular present bruschează, past participle bruscat) 1st conj.

  1. to shove
  2. (transitive) to rush (an operation)

Conjugation

    conjugation of brusca (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a brusca
gerund bruscând
past participle bruscat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present bruschez bruschezi bruschează bruscăm bruscați bruschează
imperfect bruscam bruscai brusca bruscam bruscați bruscau
simple perfect bruscai bruscași bruscă bruscarăm bruscarăți bruscară
pluperfect bruscasem bruscaseși bruscase bruscaserăm bruscaserăți bruscaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să bruschez să bruschezi să bruscheze să bruscăm să bruscați să bruscheze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative bruschează bruscați
negative nu brusca nu bruscați

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian brusca (“scrubbing brush”).

Noun

brusca f (plural bruschi)

  1. scrubbing brush, especially one for grooming horses; a horsebrush
    Synonym: scupitta

Descendants

  • → Maltese: broxk

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “brusca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 569
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “brùsca”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 119

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾuska/
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Syllabification: brus‧ca

Adjective

brusca

  1. feminine singular of brusco

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