quebrar

//kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,797

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

quebrar is aPortugueseverb. It means: partir, romper Pronounced /kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/. It ranks #2,797 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with querer and queira.

Key facts for quebrar
PropertyValue
Headwordquebrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,797
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quebrar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quebrar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,797 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for quebrar, with forms such as "qeubrar", "qquebrar", and "quberar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "querer", "queira", "queimar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is quebrar, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    partir, romper
  2. 2
    fragmentar, despedaçar
  3. 3
    interromper
  4. 4
    debilitar
  5. 5
    superar, vencer
  6. 6
    infringir, transgredir
  7. 7
    faltar a (promessa, palavra)
  8. 8
    fazer dobras, vincos
  9. 9
    levar à falência
  10. 10
    romper-se, partir-se, enguiçar (máquina ou mecanismo)
  11. 11
    falir
  12. 12
    prestar auxílio resolvendo um problema
  13. 13
    fazer com que logiciário passe a não funcionar como adequamente planeado ou se torne afuncional

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeubrar,qquebrar,quberar,quebarr,quebbrar,quebrarr,quebrra,quebrrar,querbar,uqebrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quebrar

Misspelling Variants of "quebrar"

qeubrar7qquebrar8quberar7quebarr7quebbrar8quebrarr8quebrra7quebrrar8
Misspelling Variants of "quebrar"

Frequency rank: #2,797 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quebrar"?
"quebrar" is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/.
What does "quebrar" mean?
As a verb, "quebrar" means: partir, romper
What words are commonly confused with "quebrar"?
"quebrar" is commonly confused with "querer", "queira", "queimar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quebrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quebrar" is /kɨ.ˈbɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quebrar" come from?
"quebrar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.