brazada

== Galician == === Alternative forms === braçada (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese braçada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), From camba (“bend”) +‎ -ada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bɾaˈθaðɐ], (western) [bɾaˈsaðɐ] === Noun === brazada f (plural brazadas) (collective) armful fathom Synonym: braza ==== Related terms ==== braza brazo === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “braçada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “brazada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brazada”, 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), “brazada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brazada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “brazada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From braza +‎ -ada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɾaˈθada/ [bɾaˈθa.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /bɾaˈsada/ [bɾaˈsa.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: bra‧za‧da === Noun === brazada f (plural brazadas) (swimming) stroke (obsolete everywhere outside Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) an estado Synonyms: estado, braza (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a unit of length used for fabric and strings, which varies between 1 and 1.20 m ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “brazada”, 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 “brazada”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010