brejo

Значение (Английский)

1. (masculine) marsh, swamp
2. (Northeast-Brazil, masculine) a usually fertile terrain where rivers are more or less permanent
3. (Brazil, masculine) a low region with springs
4. (Bahia, Brazil, masculine) a rice plantation
5. (figuratively, masculine) a chilly and windy place

Синонимы

pântano

lodaçal

paul

pântanos turfosos

marisma

charco

Переводы

pantano

marsh

pantà

aiguamoll

moeras

marais

marécage

Sumpf

drasland

swamp

palude

broek

wetland

marshland

palus

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈbɾɛ.ʒu/

Этимология (Английский)

Родственно албанский: bërrakë

In summary

Possibly inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragius, from Ancient Greek βράγος (brágos, “marsh, shallows”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to dig, bore”); compare Albanian bërrakë.
Or, inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brejo, from Proto-Celtic *bracum (“swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).