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braço

Pronunciation: /ˈbɾa.su/

“braço” is a Portuguese word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. arm (upper limb)
  2. upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder)
  3. any limb or tentacle
  4. arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm)
  5. arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on)
  6. neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)
  7. arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body)
  8. a smaller range extending from a mountain range
  9. the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum
  10. arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere)
  11. arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy)
  12. arm (person employed to do manual labour)
  13. arm; might; power

In Portuguese

  1. um dos membros anteriores humanos
  2. porção do membro anterior humano compreendida entre o ombro e o cotovelo
  3. habilidade do piloto esportivo
  4. apêndice de móveis como cadeiras e poltronas que serve para apoiar o braço de quem senta
  5. barco
  6. bocar
  7. borca
  8. braco
  9. broca
  10. cabro
  11. cobra

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, Romanian braț, and Italian braccio.

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