breña

Spanish

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *brigna, perhaps from a Gaulish *brignā, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeɲa/ [ˈbɾe.ɲa]
Rhymes: -eɲa
Syllabification: bre‧ña

Noun

breña f (plural breñas)

scrub, brush (thick vegetation)
rough ground

Further reading

“breña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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