quebrantamiento
Spanish, noun/kebɾantaˈmjento/
quebrantamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brokenness, weakening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de quebrantar o quebrantarse”.
What does quebrantamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrokenness, weakening
- 2
masculinebreaking, violation (e.g. of law or rules, of a covenant or pact)
- 3
masculinebreach, breaching (i.e. failure to perform some obligation)
- 4
masculinebreakdown, disruption (of established social order)
- 5
masculinedestruction
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de quebrantar o quebrantarse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quebrantamiento
- quebrantamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quebrantamiento?
- /kebɾantaˈmjento/
- [ke.β̞ɾãn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- [keβ̞ɾãn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quebrantamiento in Spanish?
quebrantamiento appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).