brega

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See also: bregá and брега

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: bre‧ga

Etymology 1[edit]

Short for xumbrega, corruption of Schomberg.

Adjective[edit]

brega m or f (plural bregas)

  1. (Brazil, derogatory) tacky; kitschy; in poor taste
    Synonym: (Brazil) cafona

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish brega.[1]

Noun[edit]

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. (archaic) fight
    Synonyms: briga, luta
  2. (bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter
    Synonyms: lide, toureio
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

  1. genitive singular of breg

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Noun[edit]

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. fight; struggle
  2. joke; play
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

brega

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

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