quebra-nozes

Portuguese, noun/ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈnɔ.zis/

quebra-nozes is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nutcracker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento usado para quebrar nozes, avelãs etc”.

What does quebra-nozes mean in English?

noun

1
masculinenutcracker
2
masculinenutcracker (bird)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. instrumento usado para quebrar nozes, avelãs etc.

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.

How do you pronounce quebra-nozes?

Brazil /ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈnɔ.zis/
/ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈnɔ.ziʃ/
Portugal /ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈnɔ.zɨʃ/

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-nozes

nutcracker

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