quebrar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”). Doublet of crebar.

Verb

1. to break

   Synonym: crebar

2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of quebrar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of quebrar

Related terms

• quebrado
• quebradura

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɨ.ˈβɾaɾ/
• Hyphenation: que‧brar

Verb

1. to break (to end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)

   Synonyms: arrebentar, despedaçar, estraçalhar, partir, romper

2. to fracture a bone

   Synonym: fraturar

3. to break down (to stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)

   Synonyms: danificar-se, estragar

   Antonyms: arrumar, consertar

4. to break (to do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
5. to break (to ruin or be ruined financially)

   Synonym: falir

6. (of a wave) to break (collapse into surf)
7. (figurative) to beat up (to give a severe beating to)

   Synonyms: arrebentar, estraçalhar, moer

8. to break (to set a new record)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quebrar.

Derived terms

• quebra-corações
• quebra-facão
• quebra-galho
• quebra-galho
• quebra-gelo
• quebra-luz
• quebra-mar
• quebra-molas
• quebra-nozes
• quebra-quebra
• quebra-queixo
• quebra-vento

 

Related terms

• quebra
• quebração
• quebrada
• quebradeira
• quebrado
• quebrável
• requebrado
• requebrar

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Compare English crevasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbɾaɾ/ [keˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to break, to snap, to shatter (i.e. to smash or rupture)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to break (often in legal contexts)
3. (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
4. (intransitive) to fail; to go broke; to become bankrupt; to go out of business; to crash, to go bust, to go under (used in political, economic and business/financial/investment contexts)
5. (intransitive) to break up
6. (intransitive, slang, Mexico) to kill
7. (reflexive) to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
8. (reflexive, figuratively) to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)

Derived terms

• coyol quebrado, coyol comido
• quebrada
• quebradero
• quebradizo
• quebrador
• quebradura
• quebrantar
• quebrar la ley (“to break the law”)
• quiebra
• quiebre

 

Related terms

• quebradero de cabeza
• inquebrantable

See also

• resquebrajar
• grieta

Further reading

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