fresar

Meaning

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive) to spawn
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive) to defecate (of rabbits, etc.)

Concepts

spawn

mill

Translations

desovar

procriar

gerar

pondre

laichen

fresar

deporre le uova

ablaichen

engendrer

Pronounced as (IPA)

[fɾəˈza]

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *frictiare, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”). Originally this described the action of some animals who rub their bellies on the ground while laying eggs and from there was extended to "lay eggs, spawn" in general. Doublet of fressar.