mbrus

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • mbrusem

Etymology

Possibly a denominative verb, from Proto-Albanian *bruta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil up, ferment”) (cf. Latin ferveō (“to boil (up), bubble”), Thracian *brutos (*brutos, “beer, a type of barley beer”)) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”)(cf. Latin frustum, Old English brēost (English English breast).

Verb

mbrus (first-person singular past tense mbrusa, participle mbrusë)

  1. to cram, fill to the brim
  2. to overload
  3. to swell
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