quebrar
Spanish, verb/keˈbɾaɾ/
quebrar is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quebrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Romper una cosa”.
What does quebrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
- 2
to break (often in legal contexts), violate a law
- 3
to bend, flex or twist
- 4
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)
- 5
to break up
- 6
Mexicoslangto kill
- 7
to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
- 8
to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Romper una cosa. 2. Doblar, torcer. 3. Interrumpir la continuidad de algo. 4. Debilitar la fuerza de algo.
verb: 1. Vomitar tras haber tomado mucho alcohol.
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 quebrar
- quiebro first-person present singular
- quebré first-person preterite singular
- quebrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- quebrando gerund
- quebrada feminine participle past
- quebrados masculine participle past
- quebradas feminine participle past
- quiebras indicative informal present
- quebrás indicative informal present
- quiebra indicative present singular
- quebramos first-person indicative plural
- quebráis indicative plural present
- quiebran indicative plural present
- quebraba first-person imperfect indicative
- quebrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- quebrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- quebrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quebrar?
- /keˈbɾaɾ/
- [keˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quebrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quebrar in Spanish?
quebrar appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).