brega

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See also: Brega, bregá, and брега

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Noun

brega f (plural bregues)

  1. fight
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Em va mirar amb duresa. No volia brega però estava disposat a repel·lir-la.
      He looked hard at me. He did not want a fight, but he was ready to fend it off.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

brega

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

Further reading

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈbɾeɣo/

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. argument, fight

References

Old English

Noun

brega m

  1. Alternative form of brego (“prince, ruler”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bre‧ga

Etymology 1

Short for xumbrega, corruption of Schomberg.

Adjective

brega m or f (plural bregas)

  1. (Brazil, derogatory) tacky; kitschy; in poor taste
    Synonym: (Brazil) cafona

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish brega.[1]

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. (archaic) fight
    Synonyms: briga, luta
  2. (bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter
    Synonyms: lide, toureio
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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Noun

brega m (plural bregas)

  1. (music) a subgenre of Brazilian popular music that originated in the 1970s, often with romantic lyrics about love and infidelity
Derived terms

Further reading

References

  1. ^ “brega”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

  1. genitive singular of breg

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾeɡa/
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: bre‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. fight; struggle
    Synonym: pelea
  2. joke; play
    Synonym: broma
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

brega

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

Further reading

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