borrea

Galician

Etymology 1

From borra (“ashes”).

Alternative forms

• aborrea, borré, borrén

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈrea̝/

Noun

borrea m (plural borreas)

1. heap of brushwood and clods which is burned and then used as fertilizer

   Synonym: tola

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “borrea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “borrea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “borrea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “borrea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

borrea

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