brusa

See also: Brusa and бруса

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse, cognate with Spanish blusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾusa/ [ˈbɾu.sa]

Noun

brusa f (plural bruses)

1. blouse

   Synonym: chambra

References

• “brusa” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish blusa (“blouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brus̺a/, [bru.s̺a]

Noun

brusa inan

1. smock, smock frock

Declension

Declension of brusa (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	brusa	brusa	brusak
ergative	brusak	brusak	brusek
dative	brusari	brusari	brusei
genitive	brusaren	brusaren	brusen
comitative	brusarekin	brusarekin	brusekin
causative	brusarengatik	brusarengatik	brusengatik
benefactive	brusarentzat	brusarentzat	brusentzat
instrumental	brusaz	brusaz	brusez
inessive	brusatan	brusan	brusetan
locative	brusatako	brusako	brusetako
allative	brusatara	brusara	brusetara
terminative	brusataraino	brusaraino	brusetaraino
directive	brusatarantz	brusarantz	brusetarantz
destinative	brusatarako	brusarako	brusetarako
ablative	brusatatik	brusatik	brusetatik
partitive	brusarik	—	—
prolative	brusatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “brusa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “brusa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾu.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾu.za]

Noun

brusa f (plural bruses)

1. blouse

Further reading

• “brusa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrusa]

Noun

brusa

1. genitive singular of brus
2. nominative dual of brus
3. accusative dual of brus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bruse

Etymology

From German Low German brusen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːsɑ/

Verb

brusa (present tense brusar or bruser, past tense brusa or bruste, past participle brusa or brust, present participle brusande, imperative brus)

1. to fizz (emit bubbles, foam, make a fizzing or rushing sound)
2. to puff up ones feathers (of birds)

References

• “brusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.sa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: bru‧sa

Noun

brusa m

1. genitive singular of brus

Swedish

ett vattenfall som brusar

vitt brus

Etymology

Used in the Swedish Bible of 1541, same as Danish bruse (“roar, fizz”), from Middle Low German brûsen, compare German brausen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -²ʉːsa

Verb

brusa (present brusar, preterite brusade, supine brusat, imperative brusa)

1. to make noise like bad speakers, crashing waves, rapids, effervescent tablets dissolving, etc. – a sound like static; to roar, to murmur, to fizz, etc. (depending on loudness and source)

Conjugation

Conjugation of brusa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	brusa		—
supine	brusat		—
imperative	brusa		—
imper. plural1	brusen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	brusar	brusade	—	—
ind. plural1	brusa	brusade	—	—
subjunctive2	bruse	brusade	—	—
present participle		brusande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• brus

See also

• brusa upp
• dåna
• susa

References

• brusa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brusa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• arbus, bursa, busar