# broa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin (a doublet of bread).

### Noun

broa (countable and uncountable, plural broas)
* A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

### Anagrams

* Abor, Baro, Bora, baro-, boar, bora, bora-

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* boroa, brea, brona

### Etymology

Obscure. From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); cognate with Portuguese broa, Asturian boroña and Spanish borona. Possibly from Germanic *braudą (“bread”), as has been proposed, probably via Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ). Alternatively, perhaps from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”)). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɾo.ɐ]

### Noun

broa f (plural broas)
* (historical) millet bread
* black bread, cornbread: bread made of rye, millet and maize
** 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):
    non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “borõa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “broa”, 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), “broa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “broa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “boroa”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎, A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “borona”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* broen

### Noun

broa m or f
* definite feminine singular of bro

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* boroa

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese borõa, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ, “bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”). Alternatively, perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. See that entry for more. Compare Galician broa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾo.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾo.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w).ɐ/
* Hyphenation: bro‧a

### Noun

broa f (plural broas)
* broa (type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil)
** 2013, ANTÓNIO MOTA, O Lobisomem, Leya, →ISBN:Logo de manhãzinha, o Zezinho Patola apareceu em nossa casa, bebeu um cálice de aguardente e comeu uma fatiazinha do miolo de uma broa, porque já não tinha dentes para a côdea, que é a parte mais gostosaEarly in the morning, Zezinho Patola appeared at our house, drank a glass of brandy and ate a small slice of bread crumbs, because he no longer had teeth for the crust, which is the tastiest part
* (colloquial) an attractive or hot woman

#### Descendants

* → English: broa

### Further reading

* “broa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “broa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* broa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$