breva
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin bifera, feminine form of bifer (“flowering or fruiting twice each year”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]breva f (plural brevas)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “breva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “breva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bévera”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably akin to brivido (“shiver”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]breva f (plural breve)
- (northern Italy) a wind that blows from the lakes of Como and Lugano towards the mountains
Further reading
[edit]- breva in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]breva n
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]breva n
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish bebra, from Latin bifera, feminine form of bifer (“flowering or fruiting twice each year”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]breva f (plural brevas)
- black fig, breba (first fruit of the fig tree)
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 250:
- Soñar con uvas negras o brevas es presagio de luto próximo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Spain, colloquial) titty; jug; knocker (breast)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- no caerá esa breva
- higo m (second fruit)
Further reading
[edit]- “breva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]brev (“letter; (internet slang) post”) + -a
Verb
[edit]breva (present brevar, preterite brevade, supine brevat, imperative breva)
Usage notes
[edit]Common on the /int/ - International board on 4chan.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of breva (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | breva | brevas | ||
Supine | brevat | brevats | ||
Imperative | breva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | breven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | brevar | brevade | brevas | brevades |
Ind. plural1 | breva | brevade | brevas | brevades |
Subjunctive2 | breve | brevade | breves | brevades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | brevande | |||
Past participle | brevad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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- it:Wind
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