frenar
Catalan
Etymology
From fre; only attested circa 1900[1]. Cf. also Latin freno, frenare.
Pronunciation
Verb
frenar (first-person singular present freno, first-person singular preterite frení, past participle frenat)
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Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Latin frēnāre, present active infinitive of frēnō, but more likely derived later in Spanish from freno, and first attested 1591[1]. Cf. also enfrenar and refrenar.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) to brake (a vehicle)
- (transitive) to restrain
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Further reading
- “frenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014