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quebrada

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish quebrada.

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Noun

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quebrada (plural quebradas)

  1. A ravine or valley in Latin America.
    • 2003, Joan Koss-Chioino, Thomas L. Leatherman, Christine Greenway, Medical Pluralism in the Andes, page 209:
      Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing fright illness and mal aire from the quebrada, especially from eggs and other curing paraphernalia discarded there.

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Galician

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Adjective

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Participle

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: que‧bra‧da

Adjective

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Noun

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quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. (Brazil, slang, often used in plural) neighborhood
    Synonym: banda
  2. (Brazil, slang) a place in a town or city where drugs are routinely consumed, often without knowledge of authorities

Participle

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keˈbɾada/ [keˈβ̞ɾa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: que‧bra‧da

Noun

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quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. gorge, ravine
    Synonyms: cañada, cañón, barranco, quiebra

Adjective

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Participle

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quebrada f sg

  1. feminine singular of quebrado

Derived terms

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