quebrada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quebrada

Noun

quebrada (plural quebradas)

  1. A ravine.
    • 2003, Joan Koss-Chioino, ‎Thomas L. Leatherman, ‎Christine Greenway, Medical Pluralism in the Andes, page 209:
      Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing fright illness and mal aire from the quebrada, especially from eggs and other curing paraphernalia discarded there.

Portuguese

Verb

quebrada

  1. Feminine singular past participle of quebrar

Noun

quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. (slang, often used in plural) neighboorhood
  2. (slang) a place in a town or city where drugs are routinely consumed, often without knowledge of authorities

Spanish

Noun

quebrada f (plural quebradas)

  1. gorge, ravine

Synonyms

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