quebracho

Borrowed from Spanish quebracho, from quebrar (“to break”) + hacha (“axe”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɹɑːt͡ʃəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɛˈbɹɑt͡ʃoʊ/

quebracho (countable and uncountable, plural quebrachos)

1. Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.
2. The wood of these trees.
3. The bark of these trees, formerly used in treating fever.
4. A tannin extracted from these trees.

• red quebracho
• white quebracho

• barauna (wood from said tree)
• quebracho chaqueño
• quebracho macho
• quebracho santiagueño

quebracho m (plural quebrachos)

1. Alternative spelling of québracho

• quebraco

Borrowed from Spanish quebracho.

• IPA^(key): /keˈbra.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Hyphenation: que‧brà‧cho

quebracho m (invariable)

1. Ellipsis of quebracho bianco (“white quebracho”).
2. Ellipsis of quebracho rosso (“red quebracho”).

• quebracho in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Spanish quebracho, from quebrar (“to break”) + hacha (“axe”).

quebracho m (plural quebrachos)

1. quebracho (South American tree with hard, tannin-rich wood)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish quebracho.

quebracho m (plural quebracho)

1. quebracho

Verb-object compound, composed of quebra (“to break”) +‎ hacha (“axe”), with the suffix changed to -o.

• IPA^(key): /keˈbɾat͡ʃo/ [keˈβ̞ɾa.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: que‧bra‧cho

quebracho m (plural quebrachos)

1. quebracho (tree of South America)

• English: quebracho
• Italian: quebracho
• Portuguese: quebracho

• “quebracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28