quebradeira
Portuguese, noun/ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
quebradeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “generalised bankruptcy; economic crisis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extenuação, canseira, lassidão, quebranto, fraqueza do corpo ou mente”.
What does quebradeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegeneralised bankruptcy; economic crisis
- 2
feminineexhaustion (supreme tiredness)
- 3
femininegeneralised breaking of things; breakage
- 4
femininebrawl (a fight, especially one with a large number of people involved)
noun
- 1
femininea woman who works cracking open nuts or coconuts
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extenuação, canseira, lassidão, quebranto, fraqueza do corpo ou mente 2. flata de dinheiro, quebra, falência, ruína 3. quebra-cabeça, preocupação, dificuldade, assunto ou coisa maçante, complexa, cansativa
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 quebradeira
- quebradeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quebradeira?
- Brazil /ke.bɾaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ke.bɾaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kɨ.bɾɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quebradeira in Portuguese?
quebradeira appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).