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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Spanish borrasca.

borrasca f (plural borrascas)

1. squall, storm

• “borrasca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “borrasca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025