"quebra-cabeça" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-quebra-cabeça-pt-noun-ln-pza3T Disambiguation of Games: 72 22 6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender, Portuguese verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 24 8 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 81 16 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 48 33 19 Disambiguation of Portuguese verb-noun compounds: 53 38 10
  2. puzzle, jigsaw puzzle Tags: masculine Synonyms: puzzle
    Sense id: en-quebra-cabeça-pt-noun-K1ZcjQSE
  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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        "1": "pt",
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        "3": "cabeça",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From quebrar (“to break”) + cabeça (“head”).",
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      ]
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  ],
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    "que‧bra‧-ca‧be‧ça"
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          "_dis": "58 32 10",
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          "_dis": "67 24 8",
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          "_dis": "81 16 3",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "48 33 19",
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            "Irregular nouns",
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            "Lemmas"
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          "_dis": "53 38 10",
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            "Verb-object compounds",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾa.kaˈbe.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kɐˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐ]",
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        "Portugal"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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    "Portuguese countable nouns",
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    "Portuguese masculine nouns",
    "Portuguese multiword terms",
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    "Portuguese nouns with irregular gender",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    "que‧bra‧-ca‧be‧ça"
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      ],
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          "jigsaw puzzle"
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      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kaˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾa.kaˈbe.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.kɐˈbe.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "quebra-cabeças"
    }
  ],
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}

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