brega
Spanish, noun
brega is spelled B-R-E-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brega is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fight; struggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of bregar. With an accent, bregá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of bregar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de bregar”.
What does brega mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefight; struggle
- 2
femininejoke; play
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of bregar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de bregar. 2. Riña o pendencia. 3. Chasco, zumba, burla. Se usa con el verbo dar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brega
- bregas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brega in Spanish?
brega appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).