bremar

Galician

Etymology

From Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). Doublet of bramar. Cognate with Spanish bramar, French bramer, Italian bramire, Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈmaɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to fret; to covet; to disquiet
   • 1807, anonymous, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     En consensia xa podía, porque vos anda bremando o señor Dn Xoán Oliva que está facendo as súas veces

     Conscientiously, he should, because Don Xoán Oliva, who is covering his absecence, is fretting

   • 1813, anonymous, Decima constitucional:

     bufe o escribano ladrón, que o pelexo me sacou, e breme o que me acabou con trabucos, e liortas: gráceas dan as miñas portas a quen así os xiringou.

     let him hiss, the thief scribe who took my hide; and let him fret, he who finished me with tributes and struggles: thanks are given by my doors to whom that so disturbed them

2. (intransitive) to roar

   Synonym: bramar

Related terms

• brama (“Deers mating season”)
• bramar
• bramido (“troat”)

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