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]
- (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)
- (economics) generalised bankruptcy; economic crisis
- exhaustion (supreme tiredness)
- Synonym: exaustão
- generalised breaking of things; breakage
- brawl (a fight, especially one with a large number of people involved)
Etymology 2
From quebrar (“to break”) + -deira.
Noun
quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)
- a woman who works cracking open nuts or coconuts