quebrar

From Old Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”). Doublet of crebar.

quebrar (first-person singular present quebro, first-person singular preterite quebrei, past participle quebrado)

1. to break

   Synonym: crebar

2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of quebrar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of quebrar

• quebrado
• quebradura

From Old Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.ˈβɾaɾ/
• Hyphenation: que‧brar

quebrar (first-person singular present indicative quebro, past participle quebrado)

1. to break (to end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)

   Synonyms: arrebentar, despedaçar, estraçalhar, partir, romper

2. to fracture a bone

   Synonym: fraturar

3. to break down (to stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)

   Synonyms: danificar-se, estragar

   Antonyms: arrumar, consertar

4. to break (to do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
5. to break (to ruin or be ruined financially)

   Synonym: falir

6. (of a wave) to break (collapse into surf)
7. (figuratively) to beat up (to give a severe beating to)

   Synonyms: arrebentar, estraçalhar, moer

8. to break (to set a new record)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:quebrar.

Through metathesis, from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /keˈbɾaɾ/, [keˈβɾaɾ]

quebrar (first-person singular present quiebro, first-person singular preterite quebré, past participle quebrado)

1. (transitive) to break
2. (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
3. (intransitive) to go broke; to become bankrupt
4. (intransitive) to break up
5. (intransitive, slang, Mexico) to kill

• Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.

• “quebrar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.