What does brea in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word brea in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use brea in Spanish.

The word brea in Spanish means pitch, tar, tar, beat up, drive someone up the wall, tar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word brea

pitch, tar

nombre femenino (alquitrán)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Utilizan brea para impermeabilizar.
They use pitch (or: tar) to waterproof.

tar

nombre femenino (Mar. (pintura) (from pine, or coal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Como no podían faenar pintaban con brea el casco del barco.
Since they couldn't fish, they painted the hull of the boat with tar.

beat up

verbo transitivo (ES, informal (maltratar, golpear)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

drive someone up the wall

verbo transitivo (ES, informal (chasquear)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

tar

verbo transitivo (embrear)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

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