braço
Portuguese
/ˈbɾa.su/
noun
Definitions
- arm upper limb
- (specifically) upper arm; brachium part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder
- (loosely) any limb or tentacle
- arm part of an object designed to be used with the arm
- arm anything that extends out from another thing
- arm person employed to do manual labour
- (figurative) arm; might; power
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese braço inherited from Latin brachium derived from Ancient Greek βραχίων (arm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (short, brief).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mréǵʰus
Gloss
short, brief
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bracchium Latin
- brachia Latin
- brachialis Latin
- brachium Latin
- brevis Latin
- brūma Latin
- braccio Italian
- viola da braccio Italian
- борзо́й Russian
- abrazar Spanish, Castilian
- antebrazo Spanish, Castilian
- apoyabrazos Spanish, Castilian
- bracero Spanish, Castilian
- brazado Spanish, Castilian
- brazal Spanish, Castilian
- brazo Spanish, Castilian
- descansabrazos Spanish, Castilian
- embrazar Spanish, Castilian
- reposabrazos Spanish, Castilian
- βραχίων Ancient Greek
- βραχύς Ancient Greek
- *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- abraçar Portuguese
- abraçável Portuguese
- antebraço Portuguese
- braçada Portuguese
- braçal Portuguese
- *murgijaz Proto-Germanic
- *murguz Proto-Germanic
- bras Old French
- brazo Galician
- braț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- braso Cebuano
- brakio Ido
- braso Tagalog
- abraçar Old Portuguese
- braço Old Portuguese
- brats Aromanian
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic
- bratsch Romansh
- brazu Asturian
- braç Friulian
- bratz Old Occitan
- braço Old Spanish
- vrazzu Sicilian
- brazso Venetian
- brasa Papiamentu
- braz Dalmatian
- brasu Kabuverdianu
- brasso Istriot
- bracciu Corsican
- brazo Aragonese
- bråț Istro-Romanian
- baraso Mansaka