borrasca

borrasca (plural borrascas)

1. (mining) A mine that is no longer producing profitably.

• bonanza

• carboras, Barracos

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *borrasicare, from Late Latin borrās (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈras.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈras.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈras.ka]

borrasca f (plural borrasques)

1. squall, storm

• borrascós
• borrascall
• borrasquejar

• “borrasca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Spanish borrasca.

borrasca f (plural borrascas)

1. squall, storm

From Late Latin borrās (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs). Cognate with Latin boreās from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās) (Old Attic/Doric), and with English boreal.

• IPA^(key): /boˈraska/ [boˈras.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: bo‧rras‧ca

borrasca f (plural borrascas)

1. atmospheric low-pressure system, cyclone
2. squall, storm

• “borrasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28