# brasa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Unknown. From Vulgar Latin *brasa, perhaps from a pre-latin substrate or from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.za]

### Noun

brasa f (plural brases)
* coal, ember

#### Related terms

* abrasar, abrasir
* abrusar

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “brasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “brasa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “brasa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “brasa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bra‧sa

### Noun

brasa
* (historical) a Flemish ell

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁa.za/
* Homophones: brasas, brasât

### Verb

brasa
* third-person singular past historic of braser

### Anagrams

* sabra

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin, perhaps Germanic, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil, brew”), or from *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).
Cognate with Fala and Portuguese brasa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -asa

### Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)
* (in the singular or in the plural) ember, live coal; embers
    Synonyms: ascua, remol, rescaldo
    sacar a brasa coa man allea (idiom) ― to take away the embers with the hand of other

#### Derived terms

* á brasa (“roasted”)
* abrasar (“to scorch”)
* braseiro (“brazier”)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brasa”, 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), “brasa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brasa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “brasa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

## Italian
### Verb

brasa
* inflection of brasare:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* sabra

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Old Spanish brasa.

### Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)
* ember (a glowing piece of coal or wood)
** 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Como Troia ffuy deſtroyda” (chapter 428), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 166v:Et aãs caſas pintadas ⁊ nõbls todas fõro tornadas ẽn braſas.And the painted and noble houses were all turned to embers.

#### Usage notes

* Only attested in the plural.

#### Derived terms

* abrasado
* *abrasar

#### Descendants

* Fala: brasa
* Galician: brasa
* Portuguese: brasa

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “brasa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brasa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French brese (“glowing charcoal”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾaza/

### Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)
* ember, live coal
** c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 56r. col. 1:Euelo ami uno de los ſeraphin en ſue mano braſa q́ con las tenazas ṕſo del altar etannio ſobre mi bocaThen one of the seraphim flew to me; in his hand a live coal he had taken from the altar with tongs, and he touched it on my mouth
** Idem, f. 63v. col. 1.
    en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampadesthe appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

#### Descendants

* Spanish: brasa

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese braço and Spanish brazo and Kabuverdianu brasu.

### Noun

brasa
* arm (limb)

### Verb

brasa
* to embrace
* to hug

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Fala and Galician brasa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾa.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -azɐ
* Hyphenation: bra‧sa

### Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)
* ember (a glowing piece of coal or wood)
* (by extension) heat, hotness
* (by extension, colloquial) hottie (attractive person)

#### Derived terms

* abrasar
* brasil

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish brasa, of unknown origin, but probably connected to French braise, of Germanic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.sa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: bra‧sa
* Homophone: (Latin America) braza

### Noun

brasa f (plural brasas)
* hot coal, ember
    Synonym: rescoldo

#### Derived terms

* abrasar
* dar la brasa

### Further reading

* “brasa”, 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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Portuguese abraçar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾasa/, [ˈbɾa̠sa̠], [ˈbɾɑ̟sɑ̟]

### Noun

brasa
* embrace, hug, cuddle

### Verb

brasa
* to embrace, to hug, to cuddle

## Swedish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil, brew”), or from *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

### Noun

brasa c
* a small, controlled fire used for warmth

#### Derived terms

* eldsvåda
* ta sig i brasan
* vådeld

#### See also

* brand
* bål
* eld
* vårdkase

### References

* brasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* brasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* brasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* arabs, basar