brega

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾe.ɣa]

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

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.

• brega de galls

brega

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

• “brega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeɣo/

brega f (plural bregas)

1. argument, fight

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 128.

brega m

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

• Hyphenation: bre‧ga

Short for xumbrega, corruption of Schomberg.

brega m or f (plural bregas)

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

   Synonym: (Brazil) cafona

Borrowed from Spanish brega.[1]

brega f (plural bregas)

1. (archaic) fight

   Synonyms: briga, luta

2. (bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter

   Synonyms: lide, toureio

• peão de brega

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brega m (plural bregas)

1. a subgenre of Brazilian popular music

• tecnobrega/tecno brega

brega (Cyrillic spelling брега)

1. genitive singular of breg

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeɡa/ [ˈbɾe.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: bre‧ga

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

brega f (plural bregas)

1. fight; struggle

   Synonym: pelea

2. joke; play

   Synonym: broma

brega

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

• “brega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014