Polyglot Dictionary

brecha

/ˈbɾɛʃɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as brechas

Meaning

  1. gap

    • Há uma brecha na lei.

      There's a loophole in the law.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

fresta

fresta is more about a narrow crack or slit, like light through a gap; brecha is more general, like a gap or breach, and can be figurative, like a legal loophole.

Similar in other languages

German

Lücke

Lücke is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

German

Zwischenraum

Zwischenraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

Spanish

brecha

brecha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

Practice

1 What does brecha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há uma ___ na lei.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches brecha?

noun

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