quebra
Meaning
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- (feminine) break; breaking (the act of breaking)
- (feminine) breach; break (space that opens between things)
- (feminine) interruption (time during which there is a cessation of a service)
- (feminine) breach (breaking up of a relationship or obligation)
- (feminine) bankruptcy (lack of funds to pay debts or continue in operation)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
que‧bra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɛ.bɾɐ/
Etymology
From quebrar (“to break”).
New
quebrar
- (intransitive,transitive) to break (end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
- to fracture a bone
- (intransitive) to break down (stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)
- to break (do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
- to break (ruin or be ruined financially)
- (intransitive) to break (collapse into surf)
- (figuratively,transitive) to beat up (give a severe beating to)
- to break (set a new record)
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