brea

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See also: Brea and breá

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish brea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brea f (plural brees)

  1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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brea

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

Garo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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brea

  1. (transitive) to buy

Romanian

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Interjection

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brea

  1. Obsolete form of bre.

References

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from brear.

Noun

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brea f (plural breas)

  1. tar, pitch
    Synonym: pez
  2. tarpaulin
    Synonym: lona

Etymology 2

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Verb

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brea

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

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Anagrams

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Frisian brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braud.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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: Shibboleths used in war and persecution - Frisian–Dutch

Further reading

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