Polyglot Dictionary

quebra-mar

/kɛbɾɐˈmaɾ/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os quebra-mares

Meaning

  1. breakwater

    Built from quebra (breaks (from quebrar)) + mar (sea).

    • O quebra-mar protege o porto.

      The breakwater protects the harbour.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • quebra breaks (from quebrar)
  • mar sea

Similar words

baluarte

Close — both are protective coastal/defensive structures, a breakwater and a bulwark.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rompeolas

rompeolas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "breakwater."

Practice

1 What does quebra-mar mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___-mar protege o porto.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quebra-mar?

nouncompound

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