borracha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from either Portuguese borracha or Spanish borracha. === Noun === borracha (plural borrachas) (obsolete) A wineskin. == Asturian == === Adjective === borracha feminine singular of borrachu == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish borracha (“wineskin”); because native Amazonians used rubber to make waterskins, the meaning began to apply to the substance. === Pronunciation === (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA(key): /bo.ˈʀa.ʃa/ (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /bu.ˈɦa.ʃɐ/ Rhymes: -aʃɐ Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧cha === Noun === borracha f (plural borrachas) (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree) Synonym: látex eraser (thing used to remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil) Synonym: safa wineskin (bag for holding wine) Synonym: odre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Borasch ==== See also ==== === Adjective === borracha feminine singular of borracho === Further reading === “borracha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “borracha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 === Anagrams === abrochar, brochara, brochará == Spanish == === Etymology === From Catalan morratxa (“flask”), influenced by morro (“snout”), from older marraixa (“carafe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boˈrat͡ʃa/ [boˈra.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -atʃa Syllabification: bo‧rra‧cha === Noun === borracha f (plural borrachas) wineskin Synonym: bota ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: borraccia → Portuguese: borracha → Hunsrik: Borasch === Noun === borracha f (plural borrachas) female equivalent of borracho ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === borracha feminine singular of borracho === Further reading === “borracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === abrochar