brega

See also: 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
  • brega de galls

Verb

brega

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɾɛ.ɣɐ]

  • 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

References
  1. “brega” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

  1. genitive singular of breg

Spanish

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Noun

brega f (plural bregas)

  1. fight; struggle
  2. joke; play
Derived terms

Verb

brega

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

Further reading
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