quebradeira

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [ke.bɾaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [ke.bɾaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾa/ [ke.bɾaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɨ.βɾɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɨ.βɾɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [kɨ.βɾɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [kɨ.βɾɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈde.ɾɐ/ [kɨ.βɾɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

Etymology 1

From quebrado (“broken; bankrupt; exhausted”) +‎ -eira.

Noun

quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)

1. (economics) generalised bankruptcy; economic crisis
2. exhaustion (supreme tiredness)

   Synonym: exaustão

3. generalised breaking of things; breakage
4. brawl (a fight, especially one with a large number of people involved)

Etymology 2

From quebrar (“to break”) +‎ -deira.

Noun

quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)

1. a woman who works cracking open nuts or coconuts

Further reading

• “quebradeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “quebradeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025