quebradiço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From quebrado +‎ -iço. Compare Spanish quebradizo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: que‧bra‧di‧ço

Adjective

quebradiço (feminine quebradiça, masculine plural quebradiços, feminine plural quebradiças)

  1. brittle
  2. friable, crumbly

Further reading

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