brasa

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”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾa.za]

brasa f (plural brases)

1. coal, ember

• abrasar, abrasir
• abrusar

• “brasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “brasa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

• Hyphenation: bra‧sa

brasa

1. (historical) a Flemish ell

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.za/
• Homophones: brasas, brasât

brasa

1. third-person singular past historic of braser

• sabra

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin, perhaps Germanic,[1] 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”).[2]

Compare French braise (“ember”), Swedish brasa (“small fire”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾasa̝/

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. (singular or 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

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 662:

     Et a(a)s casas p(r)intadas et nobles todas forõ tornadas en brasas

     And all the noble houses were turned into embers

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

• “brasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “brasa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “brasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “brasa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brasa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

brasa

1. inflection of brasare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• sabra

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”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaza/

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. ember, live coal
   • c1200: 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 boca

     Then 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 lampades

     the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

• Spanish: brasa

From Portuguese braço and Spanish brazo and Kabuverdianu brasu.

brasa

1. arm (limb)

brasa

1. to embrace
2. to hug

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”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧sa

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. ember (a glowing piece of coal or wood)
2. (by extension) heat, hotness
3. (by extension, colloquial) hottie (attractive person)

• abrasar
• brasil

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾasa/ [ˈbɾa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: bra‧sa
• Homophone: (Americas) braza

brasa f (plural brasas)

1. hot coal, ember

   Synonym: rescoldo

• “brasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Portuguese abraçar.

brasa

1. embrace, hug, cuddle

brasa

1. to embrace, to hug, to cuddle

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil, brew”), or from *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).[1]

brasa c

1. a small, controlled fire used for warmth

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

• arabs, basar