# briga
## Guianese Creole
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese briga.

### Verb

briga
* to fight

### Noun

briga
* fight

#### Descendants

* Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbri.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Hyphenation: brì‧ga

### Etymology 1

From Germanic (Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”)) or Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos; compare Welsh bri (“power”), Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”).
Not to be confused with Proto-Balto-Slavic *bergtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-, cognate with Proto-Germanic *berganą, Sicilian sbriga.

#### Noun

briga f (plural brighe)
* trouble, bother
    prendersi la briga ― to take the trouble

##### Descendants

* → Galician: briga
* → Portuguese: briga
* → Serbo-Croatian: briga
* → Slovene: briga

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

briga
* inflection of brigare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* briga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* briga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* briga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* brìga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* briga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* brìga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* garbi

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* brigá (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese brigar.

### Verb

briga (Sotavento)
* fight
* argue
    Synonym: (Sotavento) diskuti

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾi.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɾi.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: bri‧ga

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from brigar. Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).

#### Noun

briga f (plural brigas)
* fight (physical confrontation)
    Synonyms: luta, rixa, peleja, pugilato, desavença

##### Related terms

* brigar
* brigada
* brigadeiro
* brigão
* briguento

##### Descendants

* → Guianese Creole: briga
** Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

briga
* inflection of brigar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “briga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “briga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brîɡa/
* Hyphenation: bri‧ga

### Noun

brȉga f (Cyrillic spelling бри̏га)
* worry, concern
* trouble, bother
* care; nurture

#### Related terms

* brižan
* brižljiv

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bríːɡa/

### Noun

brȋga f
* care

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “briga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025