English

Noun

borra ‎(uncountable)

1. leafy matter found in wax
   • 1950, Robert W. Pressing and Bradley J. Pettibone, US Patent 2531785, page 4:

     ...continuously discharging borra from said zone as a solid, removing the water from said slurry and mechanically recovering solid wax.

Anagrams

• arbor

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborːɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧ra

Noun

borra

1. sublative singular of bor

   Nincs pénzünk borra.‎ ― We don't have money for wine.

Irish

Noun

borra m ‎(genitive singular borra, nominative plural borraí)

1. barrow, hog

Declension

Mutation

References

• "borra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Noun

borra f ‎(plural borre)

1. waste
2. cotton

Anagrams

• barro, barrò

Maltese

Noun

borra m

1. snow

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f (plural borras)

1. sediment, grounds (collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a body of water)

Synonyms

• sedimento

Related terms

• borra de café

Verb

borra

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of borrar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of borrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin burra.

Noun

borra f ‎(plural borras)

1. young she-sheep
2. rough wool
3. flock (for mattress)
4. stuffing (for cushions)
5. cotton waste

Derived terms

• borrego

Descendants

• Tagalog: bura

Verb

borra

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of borrar.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Equivalent to borr +‎ -a.

Verb

borra ‎(present borrar, preterite borrade, supine borrat, imperative borra)

1. to drill (make a hole using a drill)

Conjugation

Related terms

• borr
• borrning
• uppborra