bressar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French bercer, Occitan breçar and Spanish brezar and brizar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [bɾeˈsaɾ] Hyphenation: bres‧sar === Verb === bressar (first-person singular present bresso, first-person singular preterite bressí, past participle bressat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive) to cradle to rock (to move gently back and forth) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== abressar, agrunsar, balancejar, baldar, bressolar, engrunsar, gronsar, gronxar, gronxejar, gronxolar (Northern), ninar (Alguerese) ==== Related terms ==== bressol, bres, bressola, cuna === Further reading === “bressar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “bressar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “bressar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “bressar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.