brea

See also: Brea and breá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbɾe̞.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbɾe.a]

Noun

brea f (plural brees)

1. pitch, tar

Derived terms

• embrear

Further reading

• “brea”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

brea

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

Garo

Alternative forms

• bria

Etymology

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Verb

brea

1. (transitive) to buy

Romanian

Interjection

brea

1. obsolete form of bre

References

• brea in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾea/ [ˈbɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: bre‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from brear.

Noun

brea f (plural breas)

1. tar, pitch

   Synonym: pez

2. tarpaulin

   Synonym: lona

Etymology 2

Verb

brea

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

Further reading

• “brea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• abre

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• breya

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish breardeverb.

Spanish breabor.

Tagalog brea

Borrowed from Spanish brea.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾea/ [ˈbɾɛː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: bre‧a

Noun

brea (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

1. tar

   Synonyms: kayangkang, alkitran

See also

• resina

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 178
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 88

West Frisian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪə̯/

Noun

brea n (plural breaen, diminutive breake)

1. bread

   Synonym: bôle

   Jou ús hjoed ús deistich brea

   Give us this day our daily bread

   Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.

   Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no genuine Frisian.

   — Shibboleth possibly from Frisian-Hollandic war. See Wikipedia: Shibboleths used in war and persecution - Frisian–Dutch

Further reading

• “brea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011