frañer

Asturian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɲeɾ/, [fɾaˈɲeɾ]

Verb

frañer

1. to break; to smash

   Los xuguetes nun tan pa ca lus frañas aina.

   Toys aren't meant for you to break them immediately.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• frañir

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frangō, frangere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɲeɾ/

Verb

frañer

1. (rare) to break

   Synonyms: quebrar, quebrantar, romper

   • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria I fol. 40r:

     De cómo los ídolos non pueden nada. E en los ídolos non á poder ninguno, si non que los que fueren de madero que si los mandares frañer e fazer fuego d'ellos que te cumplirán el oficio del ídolo de los de Caldea, esto es del fuego, e te calentarán e te cozrán qué comas, lo que te fará la leña que mandares adozir del monte, ca non á en ellos más de virtud nin de poder que en aquella leña.

     On how idols cannot do anything. In idols there is no power of any kind beyond those typical of wood. If you order someone to break them, and make a fire from them to follow the office of the idol of Chaldaeans, that is, of fire, it will warm you and will cook your food, just like any wood that you would have brought in from the mountain, as there's no more virtue nor power in idols than in that firewood.

Further reading

“frañer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014