# bronca
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾoŋ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbɾoŋ.ka]

### Noun

bronca f (plural bronques)
* dispute, quarrel
** 2016 October 6, “Pitt i Jolie aniran a sessions de teràpia amb els seus fills”, in El Periódico‎:Després de les bronques, les acusacions i el mal estar en què estan immersos en el seu procés de divorci, Brad Pitt i Angelina Jolie han acordat de forma voluntària anar a sessions de teràpia per separat i també conjuntament amb els seus sis fills, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh i els bessons Knox i Vivienne, segons ha informat 'People'.After the quarrels, the accusations, and the discomfort in which they were immersed during their divorce proceedings, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie voluntarily agreed to go to counseling sessions separately and jointly with their six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and the twins Knox and Vivienne, according to 'People'.
* telling-off; scolding

#### Derived terms

* bronquina

### Further reading

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

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɔ̃.ka/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bronca f (plural broncas)
* tumult, outcry
    Synonyms: tumulte, tollé
** 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 1, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:Çà et là, dans les rangs, des borborygmes rentrés rabrouent le silence. Un début de bronca ?Here and there, among the ranks, the silence is broken by repressed grumblings. Is this the start of an uproar?

### Further reading

* “bronca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɾoŋkɐ]

### Noun

bronca f (plural broncas)
* rebuke, scolding, telling-off (critical remarks)
    Synonyms: reprimenda, rifa
* dispute, quarrel
    Synonym: liorta

### Adjective

bronca
* feminine singular of bronco

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From bronco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾõ.kɐ/

### Noun

bronca f (plural broncas)
* scolding, telling-off (critical remarks)
    Synonyms: sermão, esporro, reprimenda
* (Brazil) complaint
    Synonym: reclamação

### Adjective

bronca
* feminine singular of bronco

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin bruncus, a cross of broccus and truncus (“trunk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾonka/ [ˈbɾõŋ.ka]
* Rhymes: -onka
* Syllabification: bron‧ca

### Noun

bronca f (plural broncas)
* hassle, dispute, quarrel, argument
    Synonyms: pelea, riña, disputa
* reprimand, earful
    Synonyms: regaño, reprimenda, reprensión
* outcry, booing, jeering
* (Mexico) problem
    Synonyms: problema, dificultad

#### Derived terms

* abroncar

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: bronca
* → French: bronca

### Adjective

bronca
* feminine singular of bronco

### Further reading

* “bronco”, 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

### Anagrams

* barcón, cabrón, carbón, cobran