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breca.

cramp (painful contraction of a muscle)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Brazil/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. cramp (painful contraction of a muscle)

    feminine
  2. a disease that makes the hair of goats fall off

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly from Arabic قِلَّة البَارَك (qilla(t) al-bārak, “bad luck”).

noun/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Brazil/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. grey mullet (Mugil cephalus, a tropical and subtropical fish)

    feminine · rare
verb/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Brazil/ˈbɾɛ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of brecar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of brecar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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