Definify.com

Definition 2024

quebrar

quebrar

Galician

Verb

quebrar ‎(first-person singular present quebro, first-person singular preterite quebrei, past participle quebrado)

  1. to break
  2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of quebrar
  3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of quebrar

Conjugation

Synonyms

Related terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quebrar, Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō ‎(“crack, creak”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨ.ˈβɾaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: que‧brar

Verb

quebrar ‎(first-person singular present indicative quebro, past participle quebrado)

  1. to break (to end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
  2. to fracture a bone
  3. to break down (to stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)
  4. to break (to do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
  5. to break (to ruin or be ruined financially)
  6. (of a wave) to break (collapse into surf)
  7. (figuratively) to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
  8. to break (to set a new record)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:quebrar.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • quebra-quebra
  • quebra-queixo
  • quebra-vento

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō ‎(“crack, creak”).

Verb

quebrar ‎(first-person singular present quiebro, first-person singular preterite quebré, past participle quebrado)

  1. (transitive) to break
  2. (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
  3. (intransitive) to go broke; to become bankrupt
  4. (intransitive) to break up

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of quebrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive quebrar
gerund quebrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular quebrado quebrada
plural quebrados quebradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present quiebro quiebrastú
quebrásvos 		quiebra quebramos quebráis quiebran
imperfect quebraba quebrabas quebraba quebrábamos quebrabais quebraban
preterite quebré quebraste quebró quebramos quebrasteis quebraron
future quebraré quebrarás quebrará quebraremos quebraréis quebrarán
conditional quebraría quebrarías quebraría quebraríamos quebraríais quebrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present quiebre quiebres quiebre quebremos quebréis quiebren
imperfect
(ra)		 quebrara quebraras quebrara quebráramos quebrarais quebraran
imperfect
(se)		 quebrase quebrases quebrase quebrásemos quebraseis quebrasen
future quebrare quebrares quebrare quebráremos quebrareis quebraren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative quiebratú
quebrávos 		quiebre quebremos quebrad quiebren
negative no quiebres no quiebre no quebremos no quebréis no quiebren

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_e-ie)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation e-ie)</a>
    Selected combined forms of quebraredit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive quebrar
dative quebrarme quebrarte, quebrarle quebrarle, quebrarse quebrarnos quebraros, quebrarles quebrarles, quebrarse
accusative quebrarme quebrarte, quebrarlo, quebrarla quebrarlo, quebrarla, quebrarse quebrarnos quebraros, quebrarlos, quebrarlas quebrarlos, quebrarlas, quebrarse
with gerund quebrando
dative quebrándome quebrándote, quebrándole quebrándole, quebrándose quebrándonos quebrándoos, quebrándoles quebrándoles, quebrándose
accusative quebrándome quebrándote, quebrándolo, quebrándola quebrándolo, quebrándola, quebrándose quebrándonos quebrándoos, quebrándolos, quebrándolas quebrándolos, quebrándolas, quebrándose
with informal second-person singular imperative quiebra
dative quiebrame quiebrate, quiebrale quiebrale quiebranos quiebraos, quiebrales quiebrales
accusative quiebrame quiebrate, quiebralo, quiebrala quiebralo, quiebrala quiebranos quiebraos, quiebralos, quiebralas quiebralos, quiebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative quiebre
dative quiébreme quiébrete, quiébrele quiébrele, quiébrese quiébrenos quiébreles quiébreles, quiébrese
accusative quiébreme quiébrete, quiébrelo, quiébrela quiébrelo, quiébrela, quiébrese quiébrenos quiébrelos, quiébrelas quiébrelos, quiébrelas, quiébrese
with first-person plural imperative quebremos
dative not used quebrémosle quebrémosle quebrémonos quebrémosles quebrémosles
accusative not used quebrémoslo, quebrémosla quebrémoslo, quebrémosla quebrémonos quebrémoslos, quebrémoslas quebrémoslos, quebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative quebrad
dative quebradme quebradle quebradle quebradnos quebraos, quebradles quebradles
accusative quebradme quebradlo, quebradla quebradlo, quebradla quebradnos quebraos, quebradlos, quebradlas quebradlos, quebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative quiebren
dative quiébrenme quiébrente, quiébrenle quiébrenle, quiébrense quiébrenos quiébrenles quiébrenles, quiébrense
accusative quiébrenme quiébrente, quiébrenlo, quiébrenla quiébrenlo, quiébrenla, quiébrense quiébrenos quiébrenlos, quiébrenlas quiébrenlos, quiébrenlas, quiébrense

Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō ‎(“crack, creak”).

Similar Results