breva

Galician

brevas

Alternative forms

• bévera, bévora

Etymology

From Latin bifera, feminine form of bifer (“flowering or fruiting twice each year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾeβɐ]

Noun

breva f (plural brevas)

1. each one of the first figs of the fig tree which fruits twice each year

Coordinate terms

• figo

Derived terms

• breveira

References

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

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Italian

Etymology

Probably akin to brivido (“shiver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.va/
• Rhymes: -eva
• Hyphenation: bré‧va

Noun

breva f (plural breve)

1. (northern Italy) a wind that blows from the lakes of Como and Lugano towards the mountains

References

• breva in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• brave

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• brevene

Noun

breva n

1. definite plural of brev

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

breva n

1. definite plural of brev

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Spanish

breva

Etymology

From Old Spanish bebra, from Latin bifera, feminine form of bifer (“flowering or fruiting twice each year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeba/ [ˈbɾe.β̞a]

Noun

breva f (plural brevas)

1. black fig, breba (first fruit of the fig tree)
2. (Spain, colloquial) titty; jug; knocker (breast)

Derived terms

• de higos a brevas

See also

• no caerá esa breva
• higo m (second fruit)

Further reading

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