broa

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, of Germanic origin.

Noun

broa (countable and uncountable, plural broas)

1. A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, Bora, baro-, boar, bora, bora-

Alternative forms

• boroa

Etymology

Obscure. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa and Asturian borona, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Not directly from Germanic *braudą (“bread”) or Celtic *barginā- (“bread”), but perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”) (compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾoa̝/

Noun

broa f (plural broas)

1. black bread: bread made of rye, millet and maize
   • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):

     non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?

     our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

References

• "borõa" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “broa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “broa” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “broa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Alternative forms

• broen

Noun

broa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of bro

Alternative forms

• boroa

Etymology

From Old Portuguese borõa, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo.a/, /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: bro‧a

Noun

broa f (plural broas)

1. broa (type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil)