brida

See also: Brida and bridá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾi.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

brida f (plural brides)

1. bridle
2. tie, strap
3. flange

Derived terms

• bridó
• embridar

Further reading

• “brida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “brida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “brida” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “brida”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: bridas, bridât

Verb

brida

1. third-person singular past historic of brider

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1474. Borrowed from Middle French bride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾiðɐ]

Noun

brida f (plural bridas)

1. bridle (headgear for horse)

Coordinate terms

• freo
• renda

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “brida”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brida”, 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), “brida”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brida”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: brì‧da

Noun

brida f (plural bride)

1. clamp (type used on a lathe)

Anagrams

• bardi, bradi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.dɐ/ [ˈbɾi.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: bri‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bride.

Noun

brida f (plural bridas)

1. bridle (headgear for horse)

Derived terms

• a toda a brida

Etymology 2

Verb

brida

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

Further reading

• “brida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾida/ [ˈbɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: bri‧da

Etymology 1

A horse with a bridle (#1)

Cable ties (#2)

Borrowed from French bride.

Noun

brida f (plural bridas)

1. bridle
2. cable tie, zip tie, tie wrap

Derived terms

• a toda brida
• embridar

Etymology 2

Verb

brida

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

Further reading

• “brida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “brida” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.