See also: Breda and бреда

Jamaican Creole edit

Noun edit

breda (plural breda dem, quantified breda)

  1. Alternative spelling of bredda

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

brêdâ ?

  1. Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)

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Descendants edit

  • Dutch: Breda

Further reading edit

  • breda”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Old Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.

Verb edit

brēda

  1. to roast

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Descendants edit

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

breda

  1. inflection of bred:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish brēþa, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną.

Verb edit

breda (present breder, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bred)

  1. to spread
    Smittan breder ut sig
    The infection is spreading
    Hon brer sylt på mackan
    She spreads jam on the sandwich
  2. to butter (a sandwich)
    Han brer mackan
    He butters the sandwich
  3. (by extension) to make (a sandwich, including adding any toppings or fillings (which the butter is not considered as – sandwiches are almost always buttered in Swedish cuisine))
    Hon gick till köket och bredde sig en macka
    She went to the kitchen and made herself a (buttered) sandwich
  4. (with ) to lay it on (thick)
  5. (with ) to deliberately speak with a broad dialect
Usage notes edit

The apocopic form bre is more common than breda in senses besides (sense 1) (where bre is still more common for spreading something on a sandwich). See also the usage notes for smöra (to butter).

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