quebrada

American  

[key-brah-duh] / keɪˈbrɑ də /

noun

1. Southwestern U.S.  a ravine.

2. a brook.

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Etymology

Origin of quebrada

1825–35; < Spanish, noun use of feminine past participle of quebrar to break ≪ Latin crepāre to clatter, crack, rattle

Example Sentences

Teck said it produced 104,100 metric tons of copper compared with 114,500 tons a year ago, as a continuing tailings management problem at its Quebrada Blanca mine in Chile constrained output.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alongside fellow gender nonconforming Brazilians like Linn da Quebrada and Urias, as well as trans artists like Venezuelan musician and producer Arca, and Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano, Liniker is part of a growing movement changing the conventions of Latin pop stardom.

From Los Angeles Times

Acapulco’s iconic cliff divers are ready to resume daily shows, but there are no spectators to witness their death-defying leaps from the craggy heights of La Quebrada into the churning sea below.

From Los Angeles Times

María Laura Lerma, a psychologist in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a remote mountain valley in Jujuy, said doctors often tried to scare pregnant women off abortion.

From New York Times

The fines come as Quebrada Blanca pushes forward with plans to vastly boost production from the northern Chilean deposit.

From Reuters