borraja
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan borratja, from Latin borragō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]borraja f (plural borrajas)
- borage (Borago officinalis)
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 274:
- La mujer que pisa inadvertidamente una mata de borraja, queda propicia a la preñez.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “borraja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
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- es:Herbs
- es:Spices and herbs
- es:Borage family plants