frear

See also: Frear

Portuguese

Etymology

From freio, or less likely from Latin frēnō (whence frenar was borrowed). Cf. also the related enfrear, refrear.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈa(ʁ)/

Verb

frear (first-person singular present indicative freio, past participle freado)

  1. (transitive) to brake, to decelerate, to slow down, to rein in

Conjugation

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