bregar

Catalan

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾeˈɣaɾ]

Verb

bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite breguí, past participle bregat)

1. (intransitive) to fight, to struggle
2. (transitive) to scrub
3. (transitive) to brake (to crush the stems of flax or hemp in order to separate the fibers)

Derived terms

• brega
• bregada
• bregador

Further reading

• “bregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈɡaɾ/ [bɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite bregué, past participle bregado)

1. to toil, struggle
2. (literary) to fight
3. (Puerto Rico) to deal with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bregar
gerund			bregando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bregado		bregada
		plural		bregados		bregadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	brego	bregastú bregásvos	brega	bregamos	bregáis	bregan
	imperfect	bregaba	bregabas	bregaba	bregábamos	bregabais	bregaban
	preterite	bregué	bregaste	bregó	bregamos	bregasteis	bregaron
	future	bregaré	bregarás	bregará	bregaremos	bregaréis	bregarán
	conditional	bregaría	bregarías	bregaría	bregaríamos	bregaríais	bregarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bregue	breguestú breguésvos2	bregue	breguemos	breguéis	breguen
	imperfect (ra)	bregara	bregaras	bregara	bregáramos	bregarais	bregaran
	imperfect (se)	bregase	bregases	bregase	bregásemos	bregaseis	bregasen
	future1	bregare	bregares	bregare	bregáremos	bregareis	bregaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bregatú bregávos	bregue	breguemos	bregad	breguen
	negative		no bregues	no bregue	no breguemos	no breguéis	no breguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of bregar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive bregar
	dative	bregarme	bregarte	bregarle, bregarse	bregarnos	bregaros	bregarles, bregarse
	accusative	bregarme	bregarte	bregarlo, bregarla, bregarse	bregarnos	bregaros	bregarlos, bregarlas, bregarse
with gerund bregando
	dative	bregándome	bregándote	bregándole, bregándose	bregándonos	bregándoos	bregándoles, bregándose
	accusative	bregándome	bregándote	bregándolo, bregándola, bregándose	bregándonos	bregándoos	bregándolos, bregándolas, bregándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative brega
	dative	brégame	brégate	brégale	bréganos	not used	brégales
	accusative	brégame	brégate	brégalo, brégala	bréganos	not used	brégalos, brégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bregá
	dative	bregame	bregate	bregale	breganos	not used	bregales
	accusative	bregame	bregate	bregalo, bregala	breganos	not used	bregalos, bregalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bregue
	dative	brégueme	not used	bréguele, bréguese	bréguenos	not used	brégueles
	accusative	brégueme	not used	bréguelo, bréguela, bréguese	bréguenos	not used	bréguelos, bréguelas
with first-person plural imperative breguemos
	dative	not used	breguémoste	breguémosle	breguémonos	breguémoos	breguémosles
	accusative	not used	breguémoste	breguémoslo, breguémosla	breguémonos	breguémoos	breguémoslos, breguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bregad
	dative	bregadme	not used	bregadle	bregadnos	bregaos	bregadles
	accusative	bregadme	not used	bregadlo, bregadla	bregadnos	bregaos	bregadlos, bregadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative breguen
	dative	bréguenme	not used	bréguenle	bréguennos	not used	bréguenles, bréguense
	accusative	bréguenme	not used	bréguenlo, bréguenla	bréguennos	not used	bréguenlos, bréguenlas, bréguense

Related terms

• brecha
• brega

 

Further reading

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