breva
- Dictionary
la breva(
breh
-
bah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (fruit)
a. early fig
Las brevas que dio la higuera el año pasado estaban muy jugosas.The early figs the fig tree gave last year were really juicy.
a. flat cigar
El anciano fumaba brevas y hacía anillos con el humo.The old man smoked flat cigars and blew smoke rings.
3. (tobacco made to be chewed) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. chewing tobacco
Los vaqueros de la película del oeste solían utilizar brevas en vez de cigarros.The cowboys in Westerns used chewing tobacco instead of cigars.
Examples
Machine Translators
Translate breva using machine translators
Random Word
Roll the dice and learn a new word now!
Want to Learn Spanish?
Spanish learning for everyone. For free.
