verb/refɾeˈnaɾ/
to rein in, contain
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom Proto-Italic *θrēnomder. Proto-Italic *frēnom Latin frēnum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin frēnō Latin refrēnāre Spanish refrenar Inherited from Latin refrēnāre.