brear

Galician

Etymology

From French brayer, from Old French broier (“to tar, pitch”), from Old Norse bræða (“to melt, make oil, tar, pitch”), from bráð (“tar, pitch”). Related to English brew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [breˈaɾ]

Verb

brear (first-person singular present breo, first-person singular preterite breei, past participle breado)
brear (first-person singular present breio, first-person singular preterite breei, past participle breado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to tar
2. (transitive) to beat up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	brear
Personal	brear	breares	brear	brearmos	breardes	brearen
Gerund
	breando
Past participle
Masculine	breado			breados
Feminine	breada			breadas
Indicative
Present	breo	breas	brea	breamos	breades	brean
Imperfect	breaba	breabas	breaba	breabamos	breabades	breaban
Preterite	breei	breaches	breou	breamos	breastes	brearon
Pluperfect	breara	brearas	breara	brearamos	brearades	brearan
Future	brearei	brearás	breará	brearemos	brearedes	brearán
Conditional	brearía	brearías	brearía	breariamos	breariades	brearían
Subjunctive
Present	bree	brees	bree	breemos	breedes	breen
Imperfect	brease	breases	brease	breásemos	breásedes	breasen
Future	brear	breares	brear	brearmos	breardes	brearen
Imperative
Affirmative		brea	bree	breemos	breade	breen
Negative (non)		non brees	non bree	non breemos	non breedes	non breen

    Reintegrated conjugation of brear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	brear
Personal	brear	breares	brear	brearmos	breardes	brearem
Gerund
	breando
Past participle
Masculine	breado			breados
Feminine	breada			breadas
Indicative
Present	breio, breo1	breias, breas1	breia, brea1	breamos	breades, breais	breiam, bream1
Imperfect	breava	breavas	breava	breávamos	breávades, breáveis, breávais1	breavam
Preterite	breei	breaste, breache1	breou	breamos	breastes	breárom, brearam
Pluperfect	breara	brearas	breara	breáramos	breárades, breáreis, breárais1	brearam
Future	brearei	brearás	breará	brearemos	brearedes, breareis	brearám, brearão
Conditional	brearia	brearias	brearia	brearíamos	brearíades, brearíeis, brearíais1	breariam
Subjunctive
Present	breie, bree1	breies, brees1	breie, bree1	breemos	breedes, breeis	breiem, breem1
Imperfect	breasse	breasses	breasse	breássemos	breássedes, breásseis	breassem
Future	brear	breares	brear	brearmos	breardes	brearem
Imperative
Affirmative		breia, brea1	breie, bree1	breemos	breade, breai	breiem, breem1
Negative (nom)		nom breies, nom brees1	nom breie, nom bree1	nom breemos	nom breedes, nom breeis	nom breiem, nom breem1

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• brea

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “brear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

brear m

1. indefinite plural of bre

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brayer, from Old French broier (“to tar, pitch”), from Old Norse bræða (“to melt, make oil, tar, pitch”), from bráð (“tar, pitch”). Related to brew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈaɾ/ [bɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bre‧ar

Verb

brear (first-person singular present breo, first-person singular preterite breé, past participle breado)

1. (obsolete, rare) to dip in tar (see embrear)
2. (by extension) to abuse, to mistreat, to mock

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			brear
gerund			breando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		breado		breada
		plural		breados		breadas
		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	breo	breastú breásvos	brea	breamos	breáis	brean
	imperfect	breaba	breabas	breaba	breábamos	breabais	breaban
	preterite	breé	breaste	breó	breamos	breasteis	brearon
	future	brearé	brearás	breará	brearemos	brearéis	brearán
	conditional	brearía	brearías	brearía	brearíamos	brearíais	brearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bree	breestú breésvos2	bree	breemos	breéis	breen
	imperfect (ra)	breara	brearas	breara	breáramos	brearais	brearan
	imperfect (se)	brease	breases	brease	breásemos	breaseis	breasen
	future1	breare	breares	breare	breáremos	breareis	brearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		breatú breávos	bree	breemos	bread	breen
	negative		no brees	no bree	no breemos	no breéis	no breen

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

Derived terms

• brea

Further reading

• “brear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “brea”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 657