quebrantar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ke.bɾɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨ.bɾɐ̃ˈtaɾ/ [kɨ.βɾɐ̃ˈtaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨ.bɾɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/ [kɨ.βɾɐ̃ˈta.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: que‧bran‧tar
Verb
quebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebrantei, past participle quebrantado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of quebrantar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish quebrantar, crebantar, from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kebɾanˈtaɾ/ [ke.β̞ɾãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: que‧bran‧tar
Verb
quebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebranté, past participle quebrantado)
- to break (physically)
- (figuratively) to break (e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power)
- (figuratively) to break, to breach (e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle)
- (reflexive) to break down, to be broken (typically used figuratively)
Conjugation
Conjugation of quebrantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of quebrantar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive quebrantar | dative | quebrantarme | quebrantarte | quebrantarle, quebrantarse | quebrantarnos | quebrantaros | quebrantarles, quebrantarse |
| accusative | quebrantarme | quebrantarte | quebrantarlo, quebrantarla, quebrantarse | quebrantarnos | quebrantaros | quebrantarlos, quebrantarlas, quebrantarse | |
| with gerund quebrantando | dative | quebrantándome | quebrantándote | quebrantándole, quebrantándose | quebrantándonos | quebrantándoos | quebrantándoles, quebrantándose |
| accusative | quebrantándome | quebrantándote | quebrantándolo, quebrantándola, quebrantándose | quebrantándonos | quebrantándoos | quebrantándolos, quebrantándolas, quebrantándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative quebranta | dative | quebrántame | quebrántate | quebrántale | quebrántanos | not used | quebrántales |
| accusative | quebrántame | quebrántate | quebrántalo, quebrántala | quebrántanos | not used | quebrántalos, quebrántalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative quebrantá | dative | quebrantame | quebrantate | quebrantale | quebrantanos | not used | quebrantales |
| accusative | quebrantame | quebrantate | quebrantalo, quebrantala | quebrantanos | not used | quebrantalos, quebrantalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative quebrante | dative | quebránteme | not used | quebrántele, quebrántese | quebrántenos | not used | quebránteles |
| accusative | quebránteme | not used | quebrántelo, quebrántela, quebrántese | quebrántenos | not used | quebrántelos, quebrántelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative quebrantemos | dative | not used | quebrantémoste | quebrantémosle | quebrantémonos | quebrantémoos | quebrantémosles |
| accusative | not used | quebrantémoste | quebrantémoslo, quebrantémosla | quebrantémonos | quebrantémoos | quebrantémoslos, quebrantémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative quebrantad | dative | quebrantadme | not used | quebrantadle | quebrantadnos | quebrantaos | quebrantadles |
| accusative | quebrantadme | not used | quebrantadlo, quebrantadla | quebrantadnos | quebrantaos | quebrantadlos, quebrantadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative quebranten | dative | quebrántenme | not used | quebrántenle | quebrántennos | not used | quebrántenles, quebrántense |
| accusative | quebrántenme | not used | quebrántenlo, quebrántenla | quebrántennos | not used | quebrántenlos, quebrántenlas, quebrántense | |
Derived terms
- dádivas quebrantan peñas
- inquebrantable
- quebrantaherraduras
- quebrantahuesos
- quebrantamiento
- quebrantar la ley (“to break the law”)
- quebrantar los mandamientos (“to break the commandments”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “quebrantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024