brea

See also: Brea and breá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brea.

Pronunciation

Noun

brea f (plural brees)

  1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Verb

brea

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

Garo

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from brear.

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-West Germanic *braud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɪə̯/

Noun

brea n (plural breaen, diminutive breake)

  1. bread
    Synonym: bôle
    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

Further reading

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