frenar

From fre (“brake”). First attested in c. 1900.^[1] Cf. also Latin frēnāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾeˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

frenar (first-person singular present freno, first-person singular preterite frení, past participle frenat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to brake
2. (transitive) to curb, restrain

   Synonym: aturar

• desfrenar

• fre

• “frenar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “frenar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “frenar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Possibly from Latin frēnāre, but more likely derived later in Spanish from freno, and first attested 1591.^[1] Cf. also enfrenar and refrenar.

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈnaɾ/ [fɾeˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fre‧nar

frenar (first-person singular present freno, first-person singular preterite frené, past participle frenado)

1. (transitive) to brake (a vehicle)
2. (transitive) to restrain

• “frenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024