britar

From bri (“horn”) +‎ -tar (agent noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -taɾ
• Hyphenation: bri‧tár

britar m (plural britarë, definite britari, definite plural britarët) (historical)

1. hornblower

   Synonym: brizan

• “britar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

• abirtar, abritar, birtar

From Old Galician-Portuguese britar, from Suevic [Term?] *briutan,^[1] from Proto-Germanic *brutōjaną (“to chop, to fragment”) or Proto-Germanic *breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (“to break”). Compare Old English brēotan and English brit.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˈtaɾ/

britar (first-person singular present brito, first-person singular preterite britei, past participle britado)

1. to break up (a plot, preparing it for later being sown)
   • 1253, Miguel Romaní, editor, Colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, page 662:

     vendo totis montis (quoos) vos britastis et ficarum pur britar, et os novos qui inde levastis

     I sell to you all the lands that you broke up and those that are still pending, and the new products that you have already taken away

   • 1999, Anxo Angueira, Pensa Nao, Vigo: Xerais:

     Agora queren campías, britan montes para prados

     Now they want grassland, and they break up the lands into prairies

2. to furrow
3. (dated) to brit, destroy, crush
   • 1262, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 45:

     aſi que ſe algẽ de noſſa parte ou da eſtraya uẽér a britar ou a contradizer eſta noſa uẽzõ que per noſo prazer é feyta, ſeya maldito de Deus

     So if anyone, from our side or from another, would come to break or contradict this our selling, which is voluntarily done, they shall be damned by God

   • 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:

     destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias

     they destroyed many houses and britted many roof tiles, rafters and laths

4. to infringe

• birta
• brita

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “britar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “britar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “britar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “britar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “britar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

britar m

1. indefinite plural of brite

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese britar, from Old English brittian, or from Gothic or Suevic.

britar (first-person singular present brito, first-person singular preterite britei, past participle britado)

1. to brit (to break into pieces)

   Synonyms: despedaçar, fragmentar, triturar

2. to injure (to cause physical harm)

   Synonyms: contundir, ferir, machucar

3. to destroy; to crush

   Synonyms: acabar, destroçar, destruir

4. (historical) to decrease a coin’s weight without decreasing its value