brete

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brete
masculine noun
1fix, difficulty
  • estar en un brete -> to be in a fix
  • poner a alguien en un brete -> to put somebody in a difficult position

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brete [bray’-tay]
noun
1Fetters, shackles, irons for the feet. (m)
2Indigence; perplexity, difficulties. (m)
  • Estar en un brete -> to be hard put to
3Kind of food in India. (m)
4Screw, lay. (Caribbean) (m)

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brete
sustantivo:masculino
1 (cepo) shackles; (p)
2 (apuro) predicament
estar en un brete to be in a jam; (familiar) poner a algn en un brete to put sb on the spot
3 (Caribe) (vulgar) screw; (vulgar) lay; (vulgar)

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