braga

See also: Braga, bragă, Bragă, and brága

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

Noun

braga f (plural bragues)

  1. nappy, diaper
  2. (in the plural) underpants, knickers
  3. (nautical) sling

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese bragas, from Latin brāca, of probable Celtic origin. Compare Latin Bracari, from a local substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɾaɣɐ]

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

  1. (in the plural, dated) pants, breeches
    Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas (proverb)You won't fish trouts with dry pants
    Synonym: calzón
  2. (also in the plural) panty; panties, knickers
  3. bikini bottom
  4. neck gaiter
  5. underbelly
  6. belly bacon

Derived terms

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: brà‧ga

Noun

braga f (plural braghe)

  1. Alternative form of braca

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin brāca.

Noun

braga f (plural bragas)

  1. (in the plural) panty; panties, knickers
    Synonyms: bombacha, calzón
  2. bikini bottom
  3. (Venezuela) romper, salopette

Derived terms

Further reading

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