borõa

See also: boroa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ, “bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”). Alternatively, perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boˈɾõa/

Noun

borõa f

broa (a type of cornbread)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 55 (facsimile):
  tirallaquel fillagỹna do corpe / criarllo manda de pan mais nõ de borõa.
  Take the child from her body quickly and / have it raised on bread but not broa.

Descendants

Galician: broa, boroa
Portuguese: broa, boroa

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