breja

See also: brëja and breją

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.ja/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f

1. Alternative form of bryja
2. (Near Masovian) Alternative form of bryja (“puddle of water on a road”)

   Synonym: brajdyga

   Near-synonym: kałuża

Declension

Declension of breja

	singular	plural
nominative	breja	breje
genitive	brei	brej
dative	brei	brejom
accusative	breję	breje
instrumental	breją	brejami
locative	brei	brejach
vocative	brejo	breje

Derived terms

(adjective):

• brejowaty

Further reading

• breja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• breja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “breja”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 362

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f (plural brejas)

1. swamp, marsh

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Etymology 2

Alteration of cerveja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ʒa/

• Hyphenation: bre‧ja

Noun

breja f (plural brejas)

1. (Brazil, slang) beer

   Synonyms: cerveja, bejeca, jola

Further reading

• “breja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “breja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025