quebra-gelo
The verdict
“quebra-gelo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento usado para quebrar ou picar o gelo de modo que se divida em pedras menores
Corpus desk
Index PT-quebra-gelo · quebra-gelo · Portuguese
quebra-gelo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quebra-gelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quebra-gelo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
quebra-gelo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
quebra-gelo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is quebra-gelo, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A---G-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento usado para quebrar ou picar o gelo de modo que se divida em pedras menores
- 2tipo de navio capaz de navegar em águas congeladas na superfície cuja proa literalmente quebra o gelo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quebra-gelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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