quebradeira

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈdej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.bɾɐˈde.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

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