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brossa

Pronunciation: [ˈbɾo̞.sə]

“brossa” is a Catalan word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. leaf litter
  2. brush, brushwood, scrub
  3. speck
  4. litter, rubbish, trash
  5. bug
  6. bristle brush

In Catalan

  1. Restes vegetals escampades que s’acumulen en un lloc.
  2. Malesa, brolla, conjunt espès de plantes.
  3. Palla, informació sobrera, sense utilitat.
  4. brutícia
  5. Partícula despresa.
  6. escombraries
  7. Contingut importú.
  8. error
  9. Raspall de pèls durs.

Etymology

Uncertain * Possibly of pre-Roman (Celtic) origin; compare Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”). * Possibly of Romance origin, from Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia (“shoots of a plant”), from Latin bruscum (“knot on a maple tree”). * Or a Germanic language (Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰 (*brukja), presumably related to Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“fissure, breach”)). Also compare Spanish brocha…

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