"quebra-cabeça" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/ [Brazil], /ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/ [Brazil], /ˌkɛ.bɾa.kaˈbe.sa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kɐˈbe.sɐ/ [Portugal], [ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐ] [Portugal] Forms: quebra-cabeças [plural]
Etymology: From quebrar (“to break”) + cabeça (“head”). Etymology templates: {{af|pt|quebrar|cabeça|t1=to break|t2=head}} quebrar (“to break”) + cabeça (“head”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} quebra-cabeça m (plural quebra-cabeças)
  1. brain-teaser Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-quebra-cabeça-pt-noun-ln-pza3T
  2. puzzle, jigsaw puzzle Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: puzzle
    Sense id: en-quebra-cabeça-pt-noun-K1ZcjQSE Disambiguation of Games: 32 64 4 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender, Portuguese verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 38 61 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 35 51 14 Disambiguation of Portuguese verb-noun compounds: 38 56 6
  3. (colloquial) problem Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-quebra-cabeça-pt-noun-R6STVnII
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quebra-cabeças

Inflected forms

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