brenca

Aragonese

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīnikā, a derivative of *brinos (“fiber, filament”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre.ŋka/

Noun

brenca f

1. a strand

Adverb

brenca

1. (in negative phrases) at all

   No me fa brenca goi. ― I don't like it at all.

2. any

   No gastes brenca d’aceite ― Don't use any oil

   No queda brenca de sal. ― There isn't any salt left.

Alternative forms

• Branca
• Branga

References

Aragonario

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīnikā, a derivative of *brinos (“fiber, filament”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

Noun

brenca f (plural brencas)

1. strand (especially of saffron)

Further reading

• “brenca”, 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