bressar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (bundle)). Cognate with French bercer, Occitan breçar and Spanish brezar and brizar.

Pronunciation

Verb

bressar (first-person singular present bresso, first-person singular preterite bressí, past participle bressat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive)

  1. to cradle
  2. to rock (to move gently back and forth)

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