quebradeira

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌke.bɾa.ˈde(j).ɾɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkɨ.βɾɐ.ˈðɐj.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)

  1. (economics) generalised bankruptcy; economic crisis
  2. exhaustion (supreme tiredness)
  3. generalised breaking of things; breakage
  4. brawl (a fight, especially one with a large number of people involved)
Synonyms

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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