freba

Asturian

Alternative forms

• febra
• ḥebra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeba/, [ˈfɾe.β̞a]
• Hyphenation: fre‧ba

Noun

freba f (plural frebes)

1. fiber
2. meat, fillet, steak
3. (in the plural) strength, willpower (to continue)

   Ye vieyu pero tien entá frebes pa siguir.

   He is old but he still has strength to continue.

Derived terms

• cortar pela freba
• frebosu

Galician

Alternative forms

• febra

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese fêvera), from Latin fibra (“fiber; boneless meat”) (compare Spanish hebra); less probably, from an Arabic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeba/ [ˈfɾe.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Hyphenation: fre‧ba

Noun

freba f (plural frebas)

1. fiber, thread
2. lean, boneless meat, specially when referring to pork loin meat
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso: Ora partan o pernil.
     Albino: E mais tenbos boa freba.

     Afonso: "Let them cut the ham".
     Albino: "And it has good lean!"
     for all in this way

Derived terms

• entrefrebado
• februdo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “freba”, 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), “freba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “febra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN