broca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾɔ.ka]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin brocca, from broccus (“having projecting teeth”).

broca f (plural broques)

1. honing steel
2. twist drill, drill bit
3. square tack

• embrocar

• broc

• → Portuguese: broca

• “broca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “broca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “broca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

broca

1. inflection of brocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Attested since the 14th century (the derivative abrocamento since circa 1300). Ultimately from Latin broccus (“having protruding teeth”). Cognate with Portuguese broca, Spanish broca, Catalan broca, French broche. Doublet of broche, from French. Josep Coromines considered that the Spanish form, attested in Aragon since circa 1350, derived from Catalan (the inherited form would be *brueca)^[1] but this proposal is superfluous for Galician or Portuguese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔka̝/

broca f (plural brocas)

1. (archaic) brooch

   Synonym: broche

2. (archaic) stud (protruding knob)
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 296:

     Despoys d'esto enbraçou hũ escudo blanco cõmo a neue, et todo orellado de rrubes et de esmeraldas fremosas et claras et de grã preçio mays a broca era de ouro fino et cõ aljofres et ourofreses et cõ pedras preçiosas.

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3. drill bit
4. (molluscs) piddock (Pholas dactylus)

   Synonym: folada

5. (molluscs) shipworm (Teredo navalis)
6. woodworm

   Synonym: couza

7. metallic protruding part used for guiding the key into the keyhole

   Synonym: espigo

• abrocamento
• brocal

broca

1. feminine singular of broco

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “broca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “broca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “broca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “broca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “broca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ

Borrowed Catalan broca, from Latin broccus. Doublet of broche.

broca f (plural brocas)

1. drill
2. bit, drill bit
3. borer, auger

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

broca

1. inflection of brocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Catalan broca.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾoka/ [ˈbɾo.ka]

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: bro‧ca

broca f (plural brocas)

1. drill bit

• “broca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024