quebra

Noun

1. (feminine) break; breaking (the act of breaking)
2. (feminine) breach; break (space that opens between things)
3. (feminine) interruption (time during which there is a cessation of a service)
4. (feminine) breach (breaking up of a relationship or obligation)
5. (feminine) bankruptcy (lack of funds to pay debts or continue in operation)
6. (feminine) breakdown (breaking of chemical bonds within a compound)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of quebrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of quebrar:

quebrar

1. (ambitransitive) to break (end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
2. to fracture a bone
3. (intransitive) to break down (stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)
4. to break (do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
5. to break (ruin or be ruined financially)
6. (intransitive) to break (collapse into surf)
7. (figuratively, transitive) to beat up (give a severe beating to)
8. to break (set a new record)

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛ.bɾɐ/

Etymology

From quebrar (“to break”).

Concepts

break

failure

bankruptcy

relapse

broke

broken

bust

collapse

fracture

lapse

lapsing

recidivism

relapsing

reversion

reverting

smash

backsliding

relaps

breach

breakage

breaking

Synonyms

falência

fractura

rotura

Recidiva

Translations

quiebra

banqueroute

αθετώ

bancarrota

Konkurs

rompe

Bruch

krach

bankroet

failliet

recaiguda

fallida

Bankrott

faillissement

recidiva

Sentences

Para cada bezerro que quebra no mês de abril , então há mil .

For every calf that breaks in the month of April, then there are a thousand.