quiebro

/[ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,864

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

quiebro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ademán que se hace con el cuerpo, como quebrándolo por la cintura. Pronounced [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo].

Key facts for quiebro
PropertyValue
Headwordquiebro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quiebro in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quiebro is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,864 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for quiebro in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is quiebro, spelled Q-U-I-E-B-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ademán que se hace con el cuerpo, como quebrándolo por la cintura.
  2. 2
    Adorno que consiste en acompañar una nota de otras muy ligeras, que suelen ser de una hasta cuatro, y que, indicando aparente indecisión en la nota así afectada, le dan, siendo oportunas, mucha dulzura y gracia.
  3. 3
    Lance o suerte con que el torero hurta el cuerpo al embestirle el toro.

Frequency rank: #74,864 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quiebro"?
"quiebro" is spelled Q-U-I-E-B-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo].
What does "quiebro" mean?
As a noun, "quiebro" means: Ademán que se hace con el cuerpo, como quebrándolo por la cintura.
How do you pronounce "quiebro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quiebro" is [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quiebro" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.