Haitian_Creole_English_Dictionary_2nd_printing

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bren 1 attrib Brown*.
bren an, brenn nan, brin nan, fèbren 2 n Twilight.
Nou lan fèbren It’s dusk.
breng nan n Young man, young woman. Yon
gran breng konsa, l’ap aji tankou timoun That big
so-and-so is acting like a little child.
brenn nan, bwenn nan n Intelligence, brains*.
Se pou ou gen brenn pou ou fè travay sa a You must
have brains to do that work. Mete brenn sou ou Be
smart, go to it.
brennen V brannen
brenzeng, brennzeng, bwenzeng Sou brenzeng (or)
an brenzeng Irritated, exasperated, temperamental.
breson V bwason
brèt V bwat
brete V bwate
bretèl la n Suspenders.
breton an, breton mayi a 1 n A type of hard
candy similar to nougat or peanut taffy made of
pop-corn and sugar cane syrup.
breton V beton 2
brevay la n Beverage*.
brevè a n Diploma awarded for at least two
years beyond elementary school (brevè semp)
or three years (brevè siperyè). Ou se yon mantè,
m’ba’w brevè’w You are a master liar; I take my
hat off to you.
brevyè a n Breviary*.
brèz la n Merriment during a wake.
breziyèt la V bouziyèt
brezo a n Bow-tie (Also: rozèt).
bri a, brui a, bwi a n Noise, sound, uproar;
rumor. San bri san kont Without fuss or argument.
brid la n Bridle*, reins. Bridsoukou (or) Brid
sou kou Very fast, on the spot. Lage brid kenbe ke
(In a children’s game) Let go of the bridle, and
hold by the tail.
bride vt 1. To bridle*. 2. To hold in check, to
limit s.o.’s activities, to restrain.
briding, brinding vt To budge, to move.
bridj la n Bridge* (card game).
bridsoukou V brid
brigad la n Brigade*. Squad. Yon brigad A lot of.
brigan attrib Boisterous, disorderly. Bold, daring,
turbulent. n Woman chaser, scoundrel, rogue.
Cf. E. brigand.
briganday la n Disorder, confusion, riot; debauchery,
the fast life, prostitution, perversion.
FARDIN-12: Si tifi a tonbe lan briganday If the
girl became corrupted. 2. Noise made by children
while playing.
brigande vi To fool (play) around.
brigo a n Tiny mullusk.
brik la n Brick*, bar. Brik savon Bar of soap.
brikabrak la n Junk shop, pawn shop. Store
where every type of merchandise is sold. Bric a
brac*.
brikal la n Machete.
brikè a n (Cigarette) lighter.
brikouri a n Diarrhea.
brile V boule
brili a n Burn.
brimad la n Torment, trouble(s), misery.
brin attrib Brown (woman). (syn) brinèt.
brinèt la n Black skinned (brown) woman.
FARDIN-16: Vivan kon you souri brinèt As lively
(brilliant) as the smile of a brunette.
brini vt To darken.
bris la n Tens and aces in a card game called
‘bezig’. Konbyen bris ou fè? How many tens and
aces (briscole) do you have?
brisak la n Knapsack, bag.
briske vt To be very brusk* with someone, to cut
him off, for instance.
briskeman adv Suddenly.
brit attrib Crude, brute*.
brital attrib Violent, rough, brutal*, brute*, dangerous
(a curve, for instance).
briyan attrib Brilliant*, bright, intelligent.
briz la, labriz n Breeze*. Labriz vante tou le swa
There is a breeze every evening.
brize vt To break. (fig) kraze brize.
brizfè a n Destructive individual. A person who
can’t handle an object without ruining it.
bròch la n Brooch*.
broche a, brochèt la n Pike (fish). Centropomus
pectinatus.
bròd Fè bròd To be ostentatious, to show off, to
want to be catered to.
brode, bode vt To embroider*.
bròdè, bòdè attrib Chic, elegant, coquettish,
ostentatious. Fè bròdè To show off, to be ostentatious
(Not pej).
brodri a n Embroidery*.
bròkèt Klou bròkèt Tack (small nail).