brazal

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bracchiāle. By surface analysis, brazo (“arm”) +‎ -al (relational suffix). Doublet of braquial. Cf. Italian bracciale, Portuguese braçal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bɾaˈθal/ [bɾaˈθal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bɾaˈsal/ [bɾaˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bra‧zal

Noun

brazal m (plural brazales)

1. bracelet

   Synonym: pulsera

2. armlet
3. vambrace

Further reading

• “brazal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10