breda

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See also: Breda and бреда

Jamaican Creole

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Noun

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breda (plural breda dem, quantified breda)

  1. Alternative spelling of bredda

Middle Dutch

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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.)

Noun

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brêdâ ?

  1. Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: Breda

Further reading

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  • breda”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.

Verb

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brēda

  1. to roast

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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breda

  1. inflection of bred:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish brēþa, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną.

Verb

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breda (present breder, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bred)

  1. to spread
    Smittan breder ut sig
    The infection is spreading
    Hon brer sylt på mackan
    She spreads jam on the sandwich
    bre mjukost på en macka
    put [spread] cheese spread on a sandwich
  2. to butter (a sandwich)
    Han brer mackan
    He butters the sandwich
  3. (by extension) to make (a sandwich, including adding any toppings or fillings (which the butter is not considered as – sandwiches are almost always buttered in Swedish cuisine))
    Hon gick till köket och bredde sig en macka
    She went to the kitchen and made herself a (buttered) sandwich
  4. (with ) to lay it on (thick)
  5. (with ) to deliberately speak with a broad dialect
Usage notes
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The apocopic form bre is more common than breda in senses besides (sense 1) (where bre is still more common for spreading something on a sandwich). See also the usage notes for smöra (to butter).

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