бре

Bulgarian

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”), the vocative of μωρός (mōrós, “dull”).

бре • (bre)

“бре”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“бре”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бре, брей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 75

Possibly from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré) (compare Turkish bre, Serbo-Croatian бре, Albanian bre, and Greek μωρέ (moré), βρε (vre) and ρε (re)), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”), in which case it would be a doublet of море (more).

бре • (bre)

(intensifier) used to express aggression, impatience, fervor or similar emotions
(intensifier) used to intensify vocatives, conveying the emotions explained above

Possibly from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré) (compare Turkish bre, Macedonian бре (bre), Albanian bre, and Greek μωρέ (moré), βρε (vre) and ρε (re)), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”), in which case it would be a doublet of мо̑ре.

бре (Latin spelling bre)

(intensifier) used to express passion about the point of a sentence, at any part of a sentence
(intensifier) similar to English fuck or hell, but not vulgar, e.g.:
Шта си бре то урадио!? ― What the fuck did you do!?
hey
(slang) yo