breque

See also:brèque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbɾɛ.ki/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbɾɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbɾɛ.ke/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈbɾɛ.kɨ/

• Rhymes:(Brazil)-ɛki,(Portugal)-ɛkɨ
• Hyphenation:bre‧que

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromEnglishbrake.

Noun

brequem(pluralbreques)

1. (Brazil)vehiclebrake

   Synonyms:travão,freio

2. (music)insamba,a suddeninterruptionof the music so that the singer can make a spokeninterjection,usually with ahumoroustone.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

breque

1. inflection ofbrecar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Spanish

Etymology

FromEnglishbraker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbɾeke/[ˈbɾe.ke]
• Rhymes:-eke
• Syllabification:bre‧que

Noun

brequem(pluralbreques)

1. (Guatemala,Honduras,El Salvador,Nicaragua,Peru)avehiclebrake

Further reading

• “breque”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16
• “breque”inDiccionario de americanismos,Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010