breque

/ˈbɾɛ.ki/

//ˈbɾɛ.ki// noun

The verdict

“breque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,350 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,350
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mecanismo utilizado para diminuir a velocidade de um veículo

Corpus desk

Index PT-breque · breque · Portuguese

breque · rank #75,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,350
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH breed

Nearest frequency peer: breed (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “breque”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “breque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for breque
PropertyValue
Headwordbreque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɾɛ.ki/
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “breque” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).brequecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “breed” (#75,349), “Brasile” (#75,346), “boquiaberto” (#75,343). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “breque” fica em #75,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

breque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,350 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɾɛ.ki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for breque in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is breque, spelled B-R-E-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    mecanismo utilizado para diminuir a velocidade de um veículo
  2. 2
    interrupção

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how breque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ela precisa dar um breque nessa situação.

Synonyms

freiotravão

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "breque"?
"breque" is spelled B-R-E-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɾɛ.ki/.
What does "breque" mean?
As a noun, "breque" means: mecanismo utilizado para diminuir a velocidade de um veículo
How do you pronounce "breque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "breque" is /ˈbɾɛ.ki/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "breque" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "breque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list