quiebre
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjebɾe/ [ˈkje.β̞ɾe]
- Rhymes: -ebɾe
- Syllabification: quie‧bre
Etymology 1
Deverbal from quebrar.
Noun
quiebre m (plural quiebres)
- (Chile) breakup, rupture (of human relations)
- Synonyms: ruptura, separación
- (Argentina) breaking, break (action and effect of breaking)
Etymology 2
Verb
quiebre
- inflection of quebrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “quiebre”, 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