quebrar o galho
Portuguese, verb
quebrar o galho is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-R-O-G-A-L-H-O (13 letters). Quebrar o galho is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be a mediocre substitute for someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quebrar o galho mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be a mediocre substitute for someone or something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. servir como alternativa a uma solução ideal suprindo a necessidade em seu lugar
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 quebrar o galho
- quebro o galho first-person present singular
- quebrei o galho first-person preterite singular
- quebrado o galho participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).