"braça" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɾa.sɐ/ Forms: braças [plural]
Rhymes: -asɐ 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|braça}} Old Galician-Portuguese braça, {{inh|pt|la|brachia}} Latin brachia, {{m|la|bracchium||forearm, cubit}} bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), {{der|pt|grc|βραχίων||upper arm}} Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”), {{cog|gl|-}} Galician, {{cog|es|braza}} Spanish braza, {{cog|ca|braça}} Catalan braça, {{cog|it|braccia}} Italian braccia Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} braça f (plural braças)
  1. (historical) Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of length about equal to 2.2 m Tags: feminine, historical Categories (topical): Units of measure 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)
    Sense id: en-braça-pt-noun-811g9g~L Disambiguation of Units of measure: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'unit of length': 80 20
  2. (historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork Tags: feminine, historical Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-braça-pt-noun-YNc4TB-e Disambiguation of Units of measure: 46 54 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: braço, milha, légua

Inflected forms

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