refrán
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- proverb
- saying
Etymology
Borrowed from French refrain (chorus, refrain).
Origin
French
refrain
Gloss
chorus, refrain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- refrain English
- re- Latin
- Refrain German
- refrain Italian
- refrain French
- refranero Spanish, Castilian
- refreng Norwegian Bokmål
- refrão Portuguese
- refreng Norwegian Nynorsk
- refræn Danish
- refraindre Old French
- refrait Old French
- refrany Catalan, Valencian
- ρεφρέν Greek (modern)
- refrään Estonian
- refranh Old Occitan