briga

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See also: Briga

Guianese Creole

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese briga.

Verb

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briga

  1. to fight

Noun

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briga

  1. fight

Descendants

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  • Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbri.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: brì‧ga

Etymology 1

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From Germanic (Proto-Germanic *brekaną (to break)) or Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos; compare Welsh bri (power), Old Irish bríg (force, power, value). Not to be confused with Proto-Balto-Slavic *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-, cognate with Proto-Germanic *berganą, Sicilian sbriga.

Noun

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briga f (plural brighe)

  1. trouble, bother
    prendersi la brigato take the trouble
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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briga

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

Further reading

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  • briga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • briga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • briga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • brìga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • briga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • brìga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese brigar.

Verb

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briga (Sotavento)

  1. fight
  2. argue
    Synonym: (Sotavento) diskuti

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from brigar.[1] Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (trouble).[2]

Noun

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briga f (plural brigas)

  1. fight (physical confrontation)
    Synonyms: luta, rixa, peleja, pugilato, desavença
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Descendants
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  • Guianese Creole: briga
    • Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Etymology 2

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Verb

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briga

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

References

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  1. ^ briga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ briga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /brîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Noun

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brȉga f (Cyrillic spelling бри̏га)

  1. worry, concern
  2. trouble, bother
  3. care; nurture

Declension

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brȋga f

  1. care

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. bríga
gen. sing. bríge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bríga brígi bríge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bríge bríg bríg
dative
(dajȃlnik)
brígi brígama brígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
brígo brígi bríge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
brígi brígah brígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
brígo brígama brígami

Further reading

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  • briga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran