бре
/[brɛ]/
Bulgarianintj
Definitions
- 1.used for emphasis along with vocative appellations
Кажи що сакаш, бре!
Kaži što sakaš, bre! — Say what's on your mind, fool!
Бре, отиде конят у ряката!
Bre, otide konjat u rjakata! — Mate, the situation got totally screwed!
- 2.used as an intensifier in expressive phrases
Ха бре, у бре!
Ha bre, u bre! — Hop-on, hop-off!
Чиба, бре!
Čiba, bre! — Shoo, shoo!
Synonyms & related words
Related words (1)
- мо́ре
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”), the vocative of μωρός (mōrós, “dull”).
Forms
- breromanization
- беalternative
- броalternative