brega

See also: bregá and брега

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾə.ɡə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ɡa/

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.

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; in poor taste

   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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

1. genitive singular of breg

Spanish

Etymology 1

Deverbal 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

 

Etymology 2

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