breque

See also: brèque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
• Hyphenation: bre‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brake.

Noun

breque m (plural breques)

1. (Brazil) vehicle brake

   Synonyms: travão, freio

2. (music) in samba, a sudden interruption of the music so that the singer can make a spoken interjection, usually with a humorous tone.

Derived terms

• brequista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

breque

1. inflection of brecar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “breque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “breque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “breque”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “breque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From English braker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeke/ [ˈbɾe.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification: bre‧que

Noun

breque m (plural breques)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru) a vehicle brake

Further reading

• “breque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “breque”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010