Etymograph

English

quebrada

Quebrada comes from Spanish quebrada.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentquebrada1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003quebrada1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quebrada
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Joan Koss-Chioino, Thomas L. Leatherman: “Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing…”.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentquebradaWiktionary, English quebrada
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003quebradaWiktionary, English quebrada. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Joan Koss-Chioino, Thomas L. Leatherman: “Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing…”

Every English word from Spanish quebrada

Today it means

noun A ravine or valley in Latin America.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quebrada”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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