BREAD 5

Spanish

Verb

bread

1. second-person plural imperative of brear

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brayer, from Old French broier (“to tar, pitch”), from Old Norse bræða (“to melt, make oil, tar, pitch”), from bráð (“tar, pitch”). Related to brew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈaɾ/ [bɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bre‧ar

Verb

brear (first-person singular present breo, first-person singular preterite breé, past participle breado)

1. (obsolete, rare) to dip in tar (see embrear)
2. (by extension) to abuse, to mistreat, to mock

Conjugation

show ▼ Conjugation of brear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Derived terms

• brea