breca

See also: breča

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps from Arabic قِلَّة البَارَك (qilla(t) al-bārak, “bad luck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾɛkɐ]

Noun

breca f (plural brecas)

1. cramp (painful contraction of a muscle)

   Synonym: cambra

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾɛkɐ]

Noun

breca f (plural brecas)

1. pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “breca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “breca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “breca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: bre‧ca

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from Arabic قِلَّة البَارَك (qilla(t) al-bārak, “bad luck”).

Noun

breca f (plural brecas)

1. cramp (painful contraction of a muscle)

   Synonym: cãibra

2. (obsolete) a disease that makes the hair of goats fall off

Derived terms

• com a breca
• da breca
• levar a breca

Etymology 2

Noun

breca f (plural brecas)

1. (rare) grey mullet (Mugil cephalus, a tropical and subtropical fish)

   Synonyms: tainha, mugem

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

breca

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

Spanish

Noun

breca f (plural brecas)

1. common pandora

Further reading

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