# brocha
## English
### Etymology

From the Ashkenazic pronunciation, as represented in Yiddish ברכה (brokhe).

### Noun

brocha (plural brochos)
* Alternative form of berakhah

### Anagrams

* broach, Chorba, Broach, Orbach, chorba

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: brochas, brochât

### Verb

brocha
* third-person singular past historic of brocher

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Circa 1433. From Old French broche (“pin”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

#### Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)
* pin, brooch
    Synonym: broche
** post 1433, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, page 92:
    ano XXXIII a onze de março o vicario afonso fernandes et o thesoureiro esteuoo fernandes tomaron a gomes coton tres brochas de prata que andauan enas capas as quaes foron para apostar os bordoos
       year 33, march eleven, the vicar Afonso Fernandes and the treasurer Estevo Fernandes took from Gomes Cotón three silver pins that were with the cloaks, and they were used to adorn the staves
* bolt (used, for example, to fix the mobile parts of a yoke)
* tacks used by shoemakers
    Synonym: chatola

##### Related terms

* abrochar
* broche

### Etymology 2

From French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾɔt͡ʃa̝/

#### Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)
* paintbrush, brush
    Synonym: pincel

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brocha”, 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), “brocha”, in Tesouro informatizado 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), “brocha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brocha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Polish
### Etymology

Clipping of brosza + -cha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɔxa/
* Rhymes: -ɔxa
* Syllabification: bro‧cha

### Noun

brocha f
* Augmentative of brosza

#### Declension
### Further reading

* brocha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* (nonstandard) broxa

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broche.

#### Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)
* paintbrush, brush
* broach

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

brocha
* inflection of brochar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French brouche, dialectal variant of brosse. Compare English brush.

#### Noun

brocha f (plural brochas)
* paintbrush, brush (usually thicker than a pincel)

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: brotxa
* → Cebuano: brotsa
* → Tagalog: brotsa

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

brocha
* feminine singular of brocho

### Further reading

* “brocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014