quebrada
Americannoun
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Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
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a brook.
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
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When he wears a slatted folding chair over his head like a jug band washboard and then beautifully executes the bent-back turn known as a vuelta quebrada, flamenco is reborn.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014
This subsequent alteration of the quebrada resulted in the violation of the Clean Water Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will do this on both sides of the quebrada, and then measure the width across at the top, which will enable us to produce a perfectly correct section of the gorge.”
From Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Victor Prout
We left Ortiz as usual, very early the next morning, stumbling here and there amidst the mass of loose stones which paved the way along the winding bed of the quebrada.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
The only hope for Mejia was that, alarmed by our disappearance, he had stationed outposts on the heights and a line of vedettes on the San Felipe road, and fortified the entrance to the quebrada.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall
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