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/Sounds like "breh" (as in "bread") + "GAHR" (as in "garden")/

Meaning

To deal with something complicated, work hard, or handle a tough situation. In Puerto Rico, bregar is the everyday verb, there's always something to bregar with.

Examples

I'm bregando with a really tough project.

You gotta bregar with whatever comes, that's life.

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/Sounds like "breh" (as in "bread") + "GAHR" (as in "garden")/

Meaning

To deal with something difficult, manage a tough situation, or hustle through life with whatever you have. Bregar is uniquely Puerto Rican: it is not just working hard, it is navigating, managing, surviving with grit and resourcefulness. Puerto Ricans do not just work through problems, they bregan.

Examples

Hay que bregar con lo que hay, no queda de otra.

You have to work with what you have, there is no other choice.

Toda la semana bregando con ese cliente y al final no firmó.

A whole week dealing with that client and in the end he didn't sign.

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