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quebra-mar

Portuguese, noun/ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈma(ʁ)/

quebra-mar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “breakwater (construction around a harbour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “paredão ou estrutura resistente que amortece o embate das ondas do mar e das força das correntes num local da…”.

What does quebra-mar mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebreakwater (construction around a harbour)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. paredão ou estrutura resistente que amortece o embate das ondas do mar e das força das correntes num local da costa

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of quebra-mar

  • quebra-mares plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce quebra-mar?

  • Brazil /ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈma(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈma(h)]
  • /ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈma(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to quebra-mar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.