britar

• abirtar, abritar, birtar

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese britar, from Suevic [Term?] *briutan,[1] from Proto-Germanic *brutōjaną (“to chop, to fragment”) or Proto-Germanic *breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (“to break”). Compare Old English brēotan and English brit.[2]

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˈtaɾ/

britar (first-person singular present brito, first-person singular preterite britei, past participle britado)

1. to break up (a plot, preparing it for later being sown)
   • 1253, Miguel Romaní (ed.), Colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, p. 662:

     vendo totis montis (quoos) vos britastis et ficarum pur britar, et os novos qui inde levastis

     I sell to you all the lands that you broke up and those that are still pending, and the new products that you have already taken away

   • 1999, Anxo Angueira, Pensa Nao, Vigo: Xerais:

     Agora queren campías, britan montes para prados

     Now they want grassland, and they break up the lands into prairies

2. to furrow
3. (dated) to brit, destroy, crush
   • 1262, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.)História do galego-português. Coimbra: I.N.I.C., p. 45.

     aſi que ſe algẽ de noſſa parte ou da eſtraya uẽér a britar ou a contradizer eſta noſa uẽzõ que per noſo prazer é feyta, ſeya maldito de Deus

     So if anyone, from our side or from another, would come to break or contradict this our selling, which is voluntarily done, they shall be damned by God

   • 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:

     destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias

     they destroyed many houses and britted many roof tiles, rafters and laths

• birta
• brita

• “britar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “britar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “britar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “britar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

britar m

1. indefinite plural of brite

Inherited from Old Portuguese britar, from Old English brittian, or from Gothic or Suevic.

britar (first-person singular present brito, first-person singular preterite britei, past participle britado)

1. to brit (to break into pieces)

   Synonyms: despedaçar, fragmentar, triturar

2. to injure (to cause physical harm)

   Synonyms: contundir, ferir, machucar

3. to destroy; to crush

   Synonyms: acabar com, destroçar, destruir

4. (historical) to decrease a coin’s weight without decreasing its value