brea

From the verb brear.

brea f (plural breas)

1. tar, pitch
2. tarpaulin

brea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of brear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of brear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of brear.

From Old Frisian brād, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

• IPA^(key): /brɪə̯/

brea n (plural breaen, diminutive breake)

1. bread

   Jou ús hjoed ús deistich brea

   Give us this day our daily bread

   Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.

   Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no genuine Frisian.

   — Shibboleth possibly from Frisian-Hollandic war. See wikipedia.

   Synonym: bôle

• “brea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011