quebrar

Meaning

1. (intransitive,transitive) 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)

Hyphenated as

que‧brar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keˈbɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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