“Bara brêstar ani tera sunkrar“
But bara brêstar certainly doesn’t have any negative connotation. The number twelve may suggest the 12 months of the year or the 12 Apostles or the dozen eggs you buy for breakfast. And there’s nothing wrong with Thursday either. During our school days, Thursday was a welcome day because it used to be a holiday. And until Pope John Paul II came up with his Luminous mysteries, Thursday used to be a day of Joyful Mysteries.
And so I cannot tell you why bara brêstar came to acquire a bad connotation, nor how and when that Konkani expression originated. But I can confidently say that as of today “bara brêstar ani tera sunkrar” spells destruction. If, for instance, you nicely decorate your garden and then the wind blows and destroys all that you have done, you can say in idiomatic Konkani, “Mhojea armosanvache bara brêstar ani tera sunkrar zale.“