# borra
## English
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

borra (uncountable)
* leafy matter found in wax
** 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:
    […] continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.

### Anagrams

* Barro, Brora, arbor

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin burra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.rə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbo.ra]

### Noun

borra f (plural borres)
* fluff, waste fibers

#### Derived terms

* borrall
* borràs
* borriga
* borrissol
* borró
* borrós
* borrut

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin burra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbora/ [ˈbo.rɐ]
* Rhymes: -ora
* Hyphenation: bo‧rra

### Noun

borra f (plural borras)
* rough wool; flock (coarse tufts of wool used in bedding)
** 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchasItem, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and another of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]
* sediment, grounds, dreg, tartar
* ink (of a squid, octopus, etc)
* ash; soot
* meconium
* (figurative) vanity, arrogance, pride

#### Derived terms

* borralla
* borrallo
* borrar
* borrea
* borreiro
* borrela
* borrento
* borrifo
* borrisco
* borro
* borroa
* borroallo
* borroeiro
* borrón

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “borra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “borra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “borra”, 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), “borra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “borra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From bor +‎ -ra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈborːɒ]
* Hyphenation: bor‧ra

### Noun

borra
* sublative singular of bor
    Nincs pénzünk borra. ― We don't have money for wine.

#### Derived terms

* borravaló

## Irish
### Etymology

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### Noun

borra m (genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)
* barrow, hog

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
borra
borraí
vocative
a bhorra
a bhorraí
genitive
borra
borraí
dative
borra
borraí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an borra
na borraí
genitive
an bhorra
na mborraí
dative
leis an mborra don bhorra
leis na borraí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “hog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin burra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔr.ra/, (traditional) /ˈbor.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔrra, (traditional) -orra
* Hyphenation: bòr‧ra, (traditional) bór‧ra

### Noun

borra f (plural borre)
* waste
* cotton

### References

* ↑ borra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* barro, barrò

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian burra; compare burrasca (“sudden rainfall, storm”). Most probably from Latin boreas (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās), though compare also Latin burra (“rag, flock”), which might give the sense “snowflake”. In any case, the development from “rain” to “snow” is not unlikely in Malta, where what is considered “snow” is usually sleet, while actual snow is very rare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔr.ra/

### Noun

borra f
* snow, sleet
    Synonym: (commoner) silġ

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin burra.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.ʁɐ/ [ˈbo.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.ʁɐ/ [ˈbo.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbo.ʁɐ/ [ˈbo.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.ʁa/ [ˈbo.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbo.ʁɐ/

#### Noun

borra f (plural borras)
* sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)
    Synonym: sedimento

##### Derived terms

* borra de café

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈbɔ.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈbɔ.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈbɔ.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.ʁa/ [ˈbɔ.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔ.ʁɐ/

#### Verb

borra
* inflection of borrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbora/ [ˈbo.ra]
* Rhymes: -ora
* Syllabification: bo‧rra

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin burra. Cognate with English bureau and burel.

#### Noun

borra f (plural borras)
* young female sheep
* rough wool
* flock (for mattress)
* stuffing (for cushions)
* cotton waste

##### Derived terms

* borrego

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: bura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

borra
* inflection of borrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “borra”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr +‎ -a.

### Verb

borra (present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)
* (sometimes with upp, putting more emphasis on the result) to drill, to bore (make a hole with a drill or other boring instrument, through twisting and pressure)
    borra (upp) ett hål i en väggdrill a hole in a wall
    borra efter oljadrill for oil

#### Derived terms

* borrhål
* borrmaskin
* uppborra

#### Related terms

* borr
* borrning

### References

* borra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* borra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* broar