brega

See also: bregá and брега

Catalan

Etymology

From bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾe.ɣa]

Noun

brega f (plural bregues)

1. fight
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Em va mirar amb duresa. No volia brega però estava disposat a repel·lir-la.

     He looked hard at me. He did not want a fight, but he was ready to fend it off.

Derived terms

• brega de galls

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɾɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: bre‧ga

Etymology 1

Short for xumbrega, corruption of Schomberg.

Adjective

brega m or f (plural bregas)

1. (Brazil, derogatory) tacky; kitschy

   Synonym: (Brazil) cafona

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish brega.

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

1. (archaic) fight

   Synonyms: briga, luta

2. (bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter

   Synonyms: lide, toureio

Derived terms

• peão de brega

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

1. genitive singular of breg

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Spanish

Etymology

From bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

1. fight; struggle
2. joke; play

Derived terms

• andar a la brega
• capote de brega
• peón de brega

Verb

brega

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

Further reading

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

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

Compare Icelandic bregða (“move quickly; appear briefly.”)

Verb

1. flicker

Etymology 2

Compare

Verb

1. boast, exaggerate