refrany

Meaning

proverb, saying

Concepts

proverb

adage

saying

maxim

idiom

saw

🪚

expression

byspel

aphorism

byword

dictum

Synonyms

dita

proverbi

adagi

parèmia

aforisme

Translations

provérbio

proverbio

spreekwoord

proverbe

dicton

παροιμία

refrán

ditado

Denkspruch

Sprichwort

proverbium

proverbio

gezegde

atasözü

Pronounced as (IPA)

[rəˈfɾaɲ]

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: refrán

Cognate with French: refrain

In summary

From Old Occitan refranh, from refrànher (“to console; to repeat”), from Vulgar Latin *refrangō, from Latin refringō (“to break up”). Compare Spanish refrán, French refrain.