braça

See also: braca and braća

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.sa]

Noun

braça f (plural braces)

1. breaststroke
2. (historical, measure) braza, a Spanish brace or fathom, a former unit of length

Coordinate terms

• peu (¹⁄₆ braça), vara (¹⁄₂ braça), pas or passa (⁵⁄₆ braça)

Further reading

• “braça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “braça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “braça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “braça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish braza, Catalan braça, and Italian braccia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧ça

Noun

braça f (plural braças)

1. (historical) Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of length about equal to 2.2 m
2. (historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): dedo (¹⁄₁₂₀ braça), polegada (¹⁄₈₀ braça), palmo (¹⁄₁₀ braça), pé (³⁄₂₀ braça), côvado (³⁄₁₀ braça), vara (¹⁄₂ braça), passo (³⁄₄ braça), toesa (⁹⁄₁₀ braça)

Related terms

• braço

See also

• milha, légua