quebradeira

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (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]
    • (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
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