bremar

Galician

Etymology

From Suevic *breman, from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). Doublet of bramar. Cognate with Spanish bramar, French bramer, Italian bramire, Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈmaɾ/

Verb

bremar (first-person singular present bremo, first-person singular preterite bremei, past participle bremado)

1. (intransitive) to fret; to covet; to disquiet
   • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     En consensia xa podía, porque vos anda bremando o señor Dn Xoán Oliva que está facendo as súas veces

     Conscientiously, he should, because Don Xoán Oliva, who is covering his absecence, is fretting

   • 1813, anonymous author, Decima constitucional:

     bufe o escribano ladrón, que o pelexo me sacou, e breme o que me acabou con trabucos, e liortas: gráceas dan as miñas portas a quen así os xiringou.

     let hiss the thievery scribe, who skinned me; and let fret the one who finished me with tributes, and struggles: my doors thank those who disturbed them so

2. (intransitive) to roar

   Synonym: bramar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bremar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bremar
Personal	bremar	bremares	bremar	bremarmos	bremardes	bremaren
Gerund
	bremando
Past participle
Masculine	bremado			bremados
Feminine	bremada			bremadas
Indicative
Present	bremo	bremas	brema	bremamos	bremades	breman
Imperfect	bremaba	bremabas	bremaba	bremabamos	bremabades	bremaban
Preterite	bremei	bremaches	bremou	bremamos	bremastes	bremaron
Pluperfect	bremara	bremaras	bremara	bremaramos	bremarades	bremaran
Future	bremarei	bremarás	bremará	bremaremos	bremaredes	bremarán
Conditional	bremaría	bremarías	bremaría	bremariamos	bremariades	bremarían
Subjunctive
Present	breme	bremes	breme	brememos	bremedes	bremen
Imperfect	bremase	bremases	bremase	bremásemos	bremásedes	bremasen
Future	bremar	bremares	bremar	bremarmos	bremardes	bremaren
Imperative
Affirmative		brema	breme	brememos	bremade	bremen
Negative (non)		non bremes	non breme	non brememos	non bremedes	non bremen

    Reintegrated conjugation of bremar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bremar
Personal	bremar	bremares	bremar	bremarmos	bremardes	bremarem
Gerund
	bremando
Past participle
Masculine	bremado			bremados
Feminine	bremada			bremadas
Indicative
Present	bremo	bremas	brema	bremamos	bremades, bremais	bremam
Imperfect	bremava	bremavas	bremava	bremávamos	bremávades, bremáveis, bremávais1	bremavam
Preterite	bremei	bremaste, bremache1	bremou	bremamos	bremastes	bremárom, bremaram
Pluperfect	bremara	bremaras	bremara	bremáramos	bremárades, bremáreis, bremárais1	bremaram
Future	bremarei	bremarás	bremará	bremaremos	bremaredes, bremareis	bremarám, bremarão
Conditional	bremaria	bremarias	bremaria	bremaríamos	bremaríades, bremaríeis, bremaríais1	bremariam
Subjunctive
Present	breme	bremes	breme	brememos	bremedes, bremeis	bremem
Imperfect	bremasse	bremasses	bremasse	bremássemos	bremássedes, bremásseis	bremassem
Future	bremar	bremares	bremar	bremarmos	bremardes	bremarem
Imperative
Affirmative		brema	breme	brememos	bremade, bremai	bremem
Negative (nom)		nom bremes	nom breme	nom brememos	nom bremedes, nom bremeis	nom bremem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• brama (“deer mating season”)
• bramar
• bramido (“troat”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bremar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bremar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega