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

frear

1. (transitive) to brake, to decelerate, to slow down, to rein in
2. (Brazil, transitive) to prevent; detain
3. (Brazil, reflexive, transitive) to contain (oneself); repress (oneself); moderate; refrain (oneself)

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Concepts

brake

curb

bit

bridle

check

foot-brake

horse-bit

frenulum

Opposite of

acelerador

Synonyms

travão

bocal

entrave

morso

breque

Travão

bocado

frénulo

Translations

freno

frein

freno

Bremse

rem

fre

φρένο

fren

bride

frenum

bit

bocado

Kandare

βωλοκοπώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɾej.u/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: frēnum

Cognate with Spanish: freno

Cognate with French: frein

In summary

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.