Portugál | Angol |
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quebra noun | breach of contract(failure to perform) |
quebra noun {f} | break [breaks](instance of breaking something into pieces) |
quebra-cabeça noun {m} | jigsaw puzzle [jigsaw puzzles](type of puzzle) |
quebra-cabeças noun {m} | brain-teaser(a complex riddle or puzzle) jigsaw puzzle [jigsaw puzzles](type of puzzle) |
quebra-corações noun {m} {f} | heartbreaker [heartbreakers](person who causes sorrow) |
quebra de braço noun {f} | arm wrestling(a sport) |
quebra-gelo noun {m} | icebreaker [icebreakers](ship designed to break through ice) |
quebra-mar noun {m} | breakwater(construction in or around a harbour) jetty [jetties](structure to influence currents or protect a harbor or beach) mole [moles](massive structure used as a pier or breakwater) |
quebra-nozes noun | nutcracker [nutcrackers](implement for cracking nuts) |
quebracho noun {m} | quebracho(South American tree with hard, tannin-rich wood) |
quebrada noun {f} | turf [turves]((slang) the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own) |
quebradiço adjective | brittle [brittler, brittlest](able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) |
quebradiço adjective {m} | creaky [creakier, creakiest](tending to creak) |
quebrado adjective | bad [worse, worst](faulty; not functional) broke(lacking money; bankrupt) broken(fragmented) |
quebrador de gelo noun {m} | icepick [icepicks](a pointed tool used for breaking ice) |
quebrantar verb | evil-eye(to cast an evil eye upon) |
quebrar verb | break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks](intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) close up shopverb crack [cracked, cracking, cracks](to break apart under pressure) |
quebrar a cabeça verb | rack one's brain(struggle to think of something) |
quebrar o galho verb | make do(to use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose) |
quebrar o gelo verb | break the ice(to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) |
disco quebrado noun {m} | broken record(Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance) |
e uns quebrados phrase | and change(and some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number) |
massa quebrada noun {f} | pâte brisée(form of shortcrust pastry, see also: shortcrust pastry) shortcrust pastry(pastry without leavening agent) |
não se faz omelete sem se quebrar alguns ovos phrase | the end justifies the means(morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary) |
não se pode fazer omelete sem quebrar os ovos phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
vaso ruim não quebra phrase | a creaking door hangs longest(something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest) |