bronca

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾoŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾoŋ.ka]

bronca f (plural bronques)

1. 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'.

2. telling-off; scolding

• bronquina

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

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ̃.ka/

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bronca f (plural broncas)

1. 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?

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

Borrowed from Spanish bronca.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾoŋkɐ]

bronca f (plural broncas)

1. rebuke, scolding, telling-off (critical remarks)

   Synonyms: reprimenda, rifa

2. dispute, quarrel

   Synonym: liorta

bronca

1. feminine singular of bronco

• “bronca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bronca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bronca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From bronco.

bronca f (plural broncas)

1. scolding, telling-off (critical remarks)

   Synonyms: sermão, esporro, reprimenda

2. (Brazil) complaint

   Synonym: reclamação

bronca

1. feminine singular of bronco

• “bronca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾonka/ [ˈbɾõŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -onka
• Syllabification: bron‧ca

bronca f (plural broncas)

1. hassle, dispute, quarrel, argument

   Synonyms: pelea, riña, disputa

2. reprimand, earful

   Synonyms: regaño, reprimenda, reprensión

3. outcry, booing, jeering
4. (Mexico) problem

   Synonyms: problema, dificultad

• → Catalan: bronca
• → French: bronca

bronca

1. feminine singular of bronco

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

• barcón, cabrón, carbón, cobran