bregar

• abregar
• brear (Cabu Peñes, Cabranes)
• briar (Cabrales)

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈɡaɾ/ [bɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bre‧gar

bregar (first-person singular indicative present brego, past participle bregáu)

1. to flatten the bread dough (using a bregadera)

   Synonym: gramar

2. (by extension) to work hard, to toil, struggle

   Synonyms: esporiar, esporitiar, estomexar

   • 1925, Pepín de Pría, La sardinera‎^[1]:

     De tantu como cuerre, brega y trabaya

     He runs so much that he struggles and works

3. to hit, thrash, thwack

   Synonyms: zurrar, zacurrir, zagurrar, azotar, calentar, cascar, crismar, cruñir, cutir

• “bregar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “bregar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾeˈɣaɾ]

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bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite breguí, past participle bregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to fight, to struggle
2. (transitive) to scrub
3. (transitive) to brake (to crush the stems of flax or hemp in order to separate the fibers)

• brega
• bregada
• bregador

• “bregar”, 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

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈɡaɾ/ [bɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bre‧gar

bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite bregué, past participle bregado)

1. to toil, struggle
2. (literary) to fight

   Synonyms: pelear, luchar

3. (Puerto Rico) to deal with

   Synonym: tratar

• “bregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024