# quebrar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre (“crack, creak”).

### Verb

quebrar (first-person singular present quebro, first-person singular preterite quebrei, past participle quebrado)
* Alternative form of crebar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* quebra
* quebrado
* quebradura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quebrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quebrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quebrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “quebrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quebrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crebar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quebrar, itself, through metathesis, from Latin crepāre (“to crack, to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [keˈbɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [keˈbɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /keˈbɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [keˈbɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /keˈbɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɨˈbɾaɾ/ [kɨˈβɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɨˈbɾaɾ/ [kɨˈβɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɨˈbɾa.ɾi/ [kɨˈβɾa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: que‧brar

### Verb

quebrar (first-person singular present quebro, first-person singular preterite quebrei, past participle quebrado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to break (end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
    Synonyms: arrebentar, despedaçar, estraçalhar, partir, romper
* to fracture a bone
    Synonym: fraturar
* (intransitive) to break down (stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)
    Synonyms: danificar-se, estragar
    Antonyms: arrumar, consertar
* to break (do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
* to break (ruin or be ruined financially)
    Synonym: falir
* (intransitive, of a wave) to break (collapse into surf)
* (transitive, figurative) to beat up (give a severe beating to)
    Synonyms: arrebentar, estraçalhar, moer
* to break (set a new record)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quebrar.

#### Derived terms

* quebra-corações
* quebra-facão
* quebra-galho
* quebra-galho
* quebra-gelo
* quebra-luz
* quebra-mar
* quebra-molas
* quebra-nozes
* quebra-quebra
* quebra-queixo
* quebra-vento

#### Related terms

* quebra
* quebração
* quebrada
* quebradeira
* quebrado
* quebrável
* requebrado
* requebrar

### Further reading

* “quebrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “quebrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “quebrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “quebrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “quebrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “quebrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Through metathesis, from Latin crepāre (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Compare English crevasse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keˈbɾaɾ/ [keˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: que‧brar

### Verb

quebrar (first-person singular present quiebro, first-person singular preterite quebré, past participle quebrado)
* (transitive) to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
    Synonym: romper
* (transitive, figuratively) to break (often in legal contexts)
* (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
* (intransitive) to fail; to go broke; to become bankrupt; to go out of business; to crash, to go bust, to go under (used in political, economic and business/financial/investment contexts)
* (intransitive) to break up
* (intransitive, slang, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia) to kill
* (reflexive) to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
* (reflexive, figuratively) to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
* (intransitive, slang, Argentina) to vomit after drinking too much alcohol

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* coyol quebrado, coyol comido
* quebrada
* quebradero
* quebradizo
* quebrador
* quebradura
* quebrantar
* quebrar la ley (“to break the law”)
* quiebra
* quiebre

#### Related terms

* inquebrantable
* quebradero de cabeza

#### See also

* resquebrajar
* grieta

### Further reading

* “quebrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10