bresca
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾeska/
- Syllabification: bres‧ca
- Rhymes: -eska
Noun
bresca f (plural brescas)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bresca f (plural bresques)
Etymology 2
Verb
bresca
- inflection of brescar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Noun
bresca f (plural brescas)
Old Spanish
Etymology
Probably of Celtic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾeska/
Noun
bresca f (plural brescas)
- honeycomb
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r:
- Clamaron caſado de iſŕl ſo nóbre magna caera como ſemẏent de culantro blanco. E ſo ſabor como breſcas de myel
- The house of Israel gave it the name manna, because it was like the seed of white coriander, and its taste like that of honeycombs.
Descendants
- Ladino: breska
- Spanish: bresca
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish bresca, probably of Celtic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾeska/ [ˈbɾes.ka]
- Rhymes: -eska
- Syllabification: bres‧ca
Noun
bresca f (plural brescas)
Further reading
- “bresca”, 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