brossa

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain

Also compare Spanish brocha (paintbrush).

Noun

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brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. leaf litter
  2. brush, brushwood, scrub
    Synonyms: malesa, brolla
  3. speck
  4. litter, rubbish, trash
    Synonym: escombraries
    correu brossajunk mail
  5. (computing, colloquial) bug
    Synonym: error
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. ^ broza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French brosse.

Noun

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brossa f (plural brosses)

  1. bristle brush

Etymology 3

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Verb

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brossa

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

French

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Verb

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brossa

  1. third-person singular past historic of brosser