creba

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the 15 century (quebra). Deverbal from quebrar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾɛba/ [ˈkɾɛ.β̞ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
  • Hyphenation: cre‧ba

Noun

creba f (plural crebas)

  1. fracture, crack, crevice
    • 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 93:
      se algua quebra fose feita ena dita renda
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Synonym: fenda
  2. hernia
    Synonym: hernia
  3. ditch
    Synonym: birta

Verb

creba

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

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