breva
breva
∗breva
feminine noun
1early fig (fruta)
2flat cigar (cigarro)
3(informal)
- ¡no caerá esa breva! -> some chance (of that happening)! (peninsular Spanish)
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breva [bray’-vah]
noun
1The early fruit of a variety of the common figtree. (f)
2Early large acorn. (f)
- Más blando que una breva -> more pliant than a glove; brought to reason
3Pure cigar, rather flat. (f)
4Any valuable thing or position easily obtained. (Colloquial) (f)
- ¡No caerá esa breva! -> (Esp.) No such luck
- Poner a uno como una breva -> to beat somebody black and blue
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