bresca

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeska/
• Syllabification: bres‧ca
• Rhymes: -eska

Noun

bresca f (plural brescas)

1. honeycomb

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbɾe̞s.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾəs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbɾes.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Noun

bresca f (plural bresques)

1. honeycomb

Etymology 2

Verb

bresca

1. inflection of brescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

bresca f (plural brescas)

1. honeycomb

Old Spanish

Etymology

Probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeska/

Noun

bresca f (plural brescas)

1. honeycomb
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r:

     Clamaron caſado de iſr̃l ſo nõbre magna caera como ſemẏent de culantro blanco. E ſo ſabor como breſcas de myel

     The house of Israel gave it the name manna, because it was like the seed of white coriander, and its taste like that of honeycombs.

Descendants

• Ladino: breska
• Spanish: bresca

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish bresca, probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeska/ [ˈbɾes.ka]
• Rhymes: -eska
• Syllabification: bres‧ca

Noun

bresca f (plural brescas)

1. honeycomb

Further reading

• “bresca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025