brazada

Galician

Alternative forms

• braçada (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese braçada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), From camba (“bend”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾaˈθaðɐ], (western) [bɾaˈsaðɐ]

Noun

brazada f (plural brazadas)

1. (collective) armful
2. fathom

   Synonym: braza

Related terms

• braza
• brazo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “braçada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “braçad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brazada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “brazada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brazada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “brazada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From braza +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bɾaˈθada/ [bɾaˈθa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bɾaˈsada/ [bɾaˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: bra‧za‧da

Noun

brazada f (plural brazadas)

1. (swimming) stroke
2. (obsolete everywhere outside Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) a estado

   Synonyms: estado, braza

3. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a unit of length used for fabric and strings, which varies between 1 and 1.20 m

Related terms

• braza
• brazado

 

Further reading

• “brazada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “brazada” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010