quebrantamento
Portuguese, noun/ke.bɾɐ̃.taˈmẽ.tu/
quebrantamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acceptance of one’s own failings and defects as a human being” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quebrantamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacceptance of one’s own failings and defects as a human being
- 2
masculineabatement (lessening of intensity)
- 3
masculinetransgression (violation of a rule)
- 4
masculinedestruction; breaking; devastation
- 5
masculinehurt (physical or psychological injury)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of quebrantamento
- quebrantamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quebrantamento?
- Brazil /ke.bɾɐ̃.taˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /kɨ.bɾɐ̃.tɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal [kɨ.βɾɐ̃.tɐˈmẽ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quebrantamento in Portuguese?
quebrantamento appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).