freio

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
2. (masculine) frenulum
3. (masculine) bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal)

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) first-person singular present indicative of frear
2. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) first-person singular present indicative of freiar

Hyphenated as

frei‧o

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɾej.u/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese frẽo, from Latin frēnum (“harness; bit; curb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognate with Spanish freno and French frein.