broche

/ˈbɾot͡ʃe/ · B2 · noun · m

clasp

📎 broche sounds like BROW-chay: a brooch, which pins things shut like a clasp

Spanish broche is cognate with English brooch (both from Old French broche, a pointed pin). Whatever fastens or pins things together can be a broche: a clasp, a brooch, a paperclip, or a cufflink.

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