brea

See also: Brea and breá

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish brea.

Pronunciation

Noun

brea f (plural brees)

  1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

Further reading


Garo

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Verb

brea

  1. (transitive) to buy

Romanian

Interjection

brea

  1. Obsolete form of bre.

References

  • brea in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From the verb brear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾea/ [ˈbɾe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: bre‧a

Noun

brea f (plural breas)

  1. tar, pitch
  2. tarpaulin

Verb

brea

  1. inflection of brear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams


West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brād, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɪə̯/

Noun

brea n (plural breaen, diminutive breake)

  1. bread
    Jou ús hjoed ús deistich brea
    Give us this day our daily bread
    Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.
    Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no genuine Frisian.
    Shibboleth possibly from Frisian-Hollandic war. See wikipedia.
    Synonym: bôle

Further reading

  • brea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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