briga

See also: Briga

Guianese Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese briga.

Verb

briga

1. to fight

Noun

briga

1. fight

Descendants

• Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: brì‧ga

Etymology 1

From Germanic (Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”)) or Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos; compare Welsh bri (“power”), Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”). Not to be confused with Proto-Balto-Slavic *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-, cognate with Proto-Germanic *berganą and possibly Sicilian sbriga.

Noun

briga f (plural brighe)

1. trouble, bother

   prendersi la briga ― to take the trouble

2. fight, quarrel

   attacare briga. ― to start a quarrel.

Derived terms

• brigare
• brigoso
• disbrigare
• sbrigare
• sbrigarsi

Related terms

• brigadiere
• brigante
• brigata

Descendants

• → Galician: briga
• → Portuguese: briga
• → Serbo-Croatian: briga
• → Slovene: briga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

briga

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

See also

• borgo
• bricco
• briccone

Further reading

• briga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• briga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• briga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• brìga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• briga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• brìga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• garbi

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• brigá (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese brigar.

Verb

briga (Sotavento)

1. fight
2. argue

   Synonym: (Sotavento) diskuti

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɾi.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from brigar. Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).

Noun

briga f (plural brigas)

1. fight (physical confrontation)

   Synonyms: luta, rixa, peleja, pugilato, desavença

Related terms

• brigar
• brigada
• brigadeiro
• brigão
• briguento

Descendants

• → Guianese Creole: briga
  • Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Etymology 2

Verb

briga

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brîɡa/
• Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Noun

brȉga f (Cyrillic spelling бри̏га)

1. worry, concern
2. trouble, bother
3. care; nurture

Declension

Declension of briga

	singular	plural
nominative	brȉga	brȉge
genitive	brȉgē	brȋgā
dative	brȉzi	brȉgama
accusative	brȉgu	brȉge
vocative	brȉgo	brȉge
locative	brȉzi	brȉgama
instrumental	brȉgōm	brȉgama

Related terms

• brižan
• brižljiv

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bríːɡa/

Noun

brȋga f

1. care

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bríga
gen. sing.	bríge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bríga	brígi	bríge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bríge	bríg	bríg
dative (dajȃlnik)	brígi	brígama	brígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brígo	brígi	bríge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brígi	brígah	brígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brígo	brígama	brígami

Further reading

• “briga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025