quebradiço

Portuguese

Etymology

From quebrar +‎ -diço

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨβɾɐˈðisu/
  • Hyphenation: que‧bra‧di‧ço

Adjective

quebradiço m (feminine singular quebradiça, masculine plural quebradiços, feminine plural quebradiças, comparable)

  1. brittle
  2. friable, crumbly

Further reading
  • quebradiço in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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