borra

Noun

borra (uncountable)

1. leafy matter found in wax
   • 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:

     […] continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.

Anagrams

• Barro, arbor

Etymology

bor +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborːɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧ra

Noun

borra

1. sublative singular of bor

   Nincs pénzünk borra. ― We don't have money for wine.

Noun

borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)

1. barrow, hog

Mutation

References

• "borra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f (plural borre)

1. waste
2. cotton

Anagrams

• barro, barrò

Etymology

Uncertain. Bears possibly coincidental resemblance to Albanian borë (“snow”).

Noun

borra f

1. snow

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f (plural borras)

1. sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)

Verb

borra

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of borrar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of borrar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbora/

Etymology 1

From Latin burra.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

borra

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of borrar.

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr +‎ -a.

Verb

borra (present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)

1. to drill (make a hole using a drill)