quebrada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quebrada

Noun

quebrada (plural quebradas)

  1. a ravine
    • 2003, Joan Koss-Chioino, ‎Thomas L. Leatherman, ‎Christine Greenway, Medical Pluralism in the Andes, page 209:
      Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing fright illness and mal aire from the quebrada, especially from eggs and other curing paraphernalia discarded there.

Galician

Adjective

quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Verb

quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular past participle of quebrar

Portuguese

Adjective

quebrada f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective quebrado.

Noun

quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. (slang, often used in plural) neighboorhood
  2. (slang) a place in a town or city where drugs are routinely consumed, often without knowledge of authorities

Verb

quebrada

  1. feminine singular past participle of quebrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈbɾada/, [keˈβɾaða]

Adjective

quebrada f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective quebrado.

Noun

quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. gorge, ravine
    Synonyms: cañada, cañón, barranco, quiebra

Verb

quebrada f sg

  1. Feminine singular past participle of quebrar.

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