grosa

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See also: grósa

Galician

Etymology

From groso (“fat, big”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

grosa f sg

  1. feminine singular of groso

Noun

grosa m (plural grosas)

  1. rasp (coarse file)
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 145:
      alinpa a huña ataa sas rreyzes contra o touello dapar de a coroa do pee ontre o uiuo et a huna morta con puxauante ou con grosa ataa que começe a deitar sange
      clean the hoof till its roots at the ankle, by the crown of the toe, in between the living tissue and the dead hoof, with puxavante or rasp, until it begins to draw blood
  2. gross (a dozen of dozens)

References

  • “grossa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “grosa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “grosa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “grosa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Adjective

grosa

  1. fat

Antonyms

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gred- (compare Albanian gërresë (“rasp, scraper”)).

Noun

grōsa f (genitive grōsae); first declension

  1. A rasp, scraper

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grōsa grōsae
Genitive grōsae grōsārum
Dative grōsae grōsīs
Accusative grōsam grōsās
Ablative grōsā grōsīs
Vocative grōsa grōsae

Descendants

  • Galician: grosa
  • Portuguese: grosa

References

  • “grosa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grosa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gred-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 404-405

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gro‧sa

Etymology 1

Noun

grosa f (plural grosas)

  1. rasp (coarse file on which the cutting prominences are distinct points)
    Synonyms: raspa, raspadeira
  2. gross (a dozen of dozens)

Etymology 2

Verb

grosa

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