- breva
- f.1 early fig (fruit).2 flat cigar.* * *breva► nombre femenino1 (higo) early fig2 (cigarro) flat cigar\FRASEOLOGÍA¡no caerá esa breva! fat chance!, I should be so lucky!* * *SF1) (Bot) early fig2) (=puro) flat cigar; Caribe [de calidad] good-quality cigar3) LAm (=tabaco) chewing tobacco4) * (=puesto) plum, plum job; (=gaje) perk *5) (=cosa fácil)
es una breva — it's a cinch **, it's a pushover *
para él es una breva — it's chickenfeed to him *
* * *femenino (Bot) early fig, black fig* * *----* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.* * *femenino (Bot) early fig, black fig* * ** de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.* * *brevafeminine1 (Bot) early fig, black figno caerá esa breva (Esp); chance would be a fine thing (colloq), I ( o you etc) should be so lucky (colloq)2 brevas fpl (de una mujer) boobs (pl) (arg), tits (pl) (arg)* * *
breva sustantivo femenino (Bot) early fig, black fig
breva sustantivo femenino early fig
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡no caerá esa breva!, no such luck!
'breva' also found in these entries:
English:
luck
* * *breva nf1. [fruta] early fig;CompEsp Fam¡no caerá esa breva! some chance (of that happening)!2. [cigarro] flat cigar3. Esp [pastel] = long cream-filled doughnut4. CAm, Cuba, Méx [tabaco de mascar] chewing tobacco* * *brevaf BOT early fig;no caerá esa breva fig fam no such luck!
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.