Portuguese

Noun

quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)

1. (economics) generalised bankruptcy; economic crisis
2. exhaustion (supreme tiredness)
3. generalised breaking of things; breakage
4. brawl (a fight, especially one with a large number of people involved)

Synonyms

• (exhaustion): exaustão

Etymology 2

From quebrar ‎(“to break”) +‎ -deira.

Noun

quebradeira f (plural quebradeiras)

1. a woman who works cracking open nuts or coconuts