# brotar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (*brutōn). Compare Occitan brotar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bɾuˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [bɾoˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [bɾoˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Homophone: brotà

### Verb

brotar (first-person singular present broto, first-person singular preterite brotí, past participle brotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to sprout

#### Derived terms

* brotada

#### Related terms

* brot
* rebrotar

### Further reading

* “brotar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Ultimately from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (*brutōn). Cognate with Middle High German brozzen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɾɔˈtaɾ]

### Verb

brotar (first-person singular present broto, first-person singular preterite brotei, past participle brotado)
* to bud, to sprout
    Synonyms: agromar, rebentar, xenar, xermolar
* to surge, gush, spring
    Synonyms: abrollar, xurdir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* brote
* brotón

#### Further reading

* “brotar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “brotar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Occitan brotar, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (*brutōn).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /bɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /bɾoˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /bɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bɾoˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɾuˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɾuˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɾuˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

brotar (first-person singular present broto, first-person singular preterite brotei, past participle brotado)
* to bud, sprout
* (Brazil, informal) to appear at a specific place

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* broto

### Further reading

* “brotar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From brote (“sprout”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾoˈtaɾ/ [bɾoˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bro‧tar

### Verb

brotar (first-person singular present broto, first-person singular preterite broté, past participle brotado)
* to bud or sprout, to spring, spring up
** 2020 July 16, “Otros 16 discos del rock español de los ochenta que hay que escuchar una y otra vez”, in El País‎:Brotaron las compañías independientes, las multinacionales se lanzaron a fichar grupos de jóvenes que antes despreciaban, comenzaron las primeras giras grandes, el dinero público de las fiestas se destinaba a contratar a rockeros.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* brotación

#### Related terms

* brote

### Further reading

* “brotar”, 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