quiebra
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjebɾa/ [ˈkje.β̞ɾa]
- Rhymes: -ebɾa
- Syllabification: quie‧bra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from quebrar. Compare English crevice.
Noun
quiebra f (plural quiebras)
- crack
- Synonym: grieta
- ravine
- bankruptcy
- Synonym: bancarrota
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
quiebra
- inflection of quebrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “quiebra”, 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