requebrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Spanish quebrar

Spanish requebrarbor.

Portuguese requebrar

Borrowed from Spanish requebrar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [he.keˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [he.keˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keˈbɾa(ɾ)/ [he.keˈbɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [χe.keˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keˈbɾa(ɻ)/ [he.keˈbɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨˈbɾaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kɨˈβɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨˈbɾaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kɨˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨˈbɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧que‧brar

Verb

requebrar (first-person singular present requebro, first-person singular preterite requebrei, past participle requebrado)

1. (intransitive) to sway or waddle one's body with fluid movements

   Synonyms: gingar, saracotear, menear

2. (intransitive, by extension) to dance

   Synonym: dançar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requebrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	requebrar
Personal	requebrar	requebrares	requebrar	requebrarmos	requebrardes	requebrarem
Gerund
	requebrando
Past participle
Masculine	requebrado	requebrados
Feminine	requebrada	requebradas
Indicative
Present	requebro	requebras	requebra	requebramos	requebrais	requebram
Imperfect	requebrava	requebravas	requebrava	requebrávamos	requebráveis	requebravam
Preterite	requebrei	requebraste	requebrou	requebramos1, requebrámos2	requebrastes	requebraram
Pluperfect	requebrara	requebraras	requebrara	requebráramos	requebráreis	requebraram
Future	requebrarei	requebrarás	requebrará	requebraremos	requebrareis	requebrarão
Conditional	requebraria	requebrarias	requebraria	requebraríamos	requebraríeis	requebrariam
Subjunctive
Present	requebre	requebres	requebre	requebremos	requebreis	requebrem
Imperfect	requebrasse	requebrasses	requebrasse	requebrássemos	requebrásseis	requebrassem
Future	requebrar	requebrares	requebrar	requebrarmos	requebrardes	requebrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		requebra	requebre	requebremos	requebrai	requebrem
Negative (não)	não requebres	não requebre	não requebremos	não requebreis	não requebrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “requebrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “requebrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Spanish quebrar

Spanish requebrar

From re- + quebrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekeˈbɾaɾ/ [re.keˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧que‧brar

Verb

requebrar (first-person singular present requiebro, first-person singular preterite requebré, past participle requebrado)

1. (transitive) to flatter, compliment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requebrar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	requebrar
gerund	requebrando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	requebrado	requebrada
plural	requebrados	requebradas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	requiebro	requiebrastú requebrásvos	requiebra	requebramos	requebráis	requiebran
imperfect	requebraba	requebrabas	requebraba	requebrábamos	requebrabais	requebraban
preterite	requebré	requebraste	requebró	requebramos	requebrasteis	requebraron
future	requebraré	requebrarás	requebrará	requebraremos	requebraréis	requebrarán
conditional	requebraría	requebrarías	requebraría	requebraríamos	requebraríais	requebrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	requiebre	requiebrestú requebrésvos2	requiebre	requebremos	requebréis	requiebren
imperfect (ra)	requebrara	requebraras	requebrara	requebráramos	requebrarais	requebraran
imperfect (se)	requebrase	requebrases	requebrase	requebrásemos	requebraseis	requebrasen
future1	requebrare	requebrares	requebrare	requebráremos	requebrareis	requebraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		requiebratú requebrávos	requiebre	requebremos	requebrad	requiebren
negative		no requiebres	no requiebre	no requebremos	no requebréis	no requiebren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of requebrar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive requebrar	dative	requebrarme	requebrarte	requebrarle, requebrarse	requebrarnos	requebraros	requebrarles, requebrarse
accusative	requebrarme	requebrarte	requebrarlo, requebrarla, requebrarse	requebrarnos	requebraros	requebrarlos, requebrarlas, requebrarse
with gerund requebrando	dative	requebrándome	requebrándote	requebrándole, requebrándose	requebrándonos	requebrándoos	requebrándoles, requebrándose
accusative	requebrándome	requebrándote	requebrándolo, requebrándola, requebrándose	requebrándonos	requebrándoos	requebrándolos, requebrándolas, requebrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative requiebra	dative	requiébrame	requiébrate	requiébrale	requiébranos	not used	requiébrales
accusative	requiébrame	requiébrate	requiébralo, requiébrala	requiébranos	not used	requiébralos, requiébralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative requebrá	dative	requebrame	requebrate	requebrale	requebranos	not used	requebrales
accusative	requebrame	requebrate	requebralo, requebrala	requebranos	not used	requebralos, requebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative requiebre	dative	requiébreme	not used	requiébrele, requiébrese	requiébrenos	not used	requiébreles
accusative	requiébreme	not used	requiébrelo, requiébrela, requiébrese	requiébrenos	not used	requiébrelos, requiébrelas
with first-person plural imperative requebremos	dative	not used	requebrémoste	requebrémosle	requebrémonos	requebrémoos	requebrémosles
accusative	not used	requebrémoste	requebrémoslo, requebrémosla	requebrémonos	requebrémoos	requebrémoslos, requebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative requebrad	dative	requebradme	not used	requebradle	requebradnos	requebraos	requebradles
accusative	requebradme	not used	requebradlo, requebradla	requebradnos	requebraos	requebradlos, requebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative requiebren	dative	requiébrenme	not used	requiébrenle	requiébrennos	not used	requiébrenles, requiébrense
accusative	requiébrenme	not used	requiébrenlo, requiébrenla	requiébrennos	not used	requiébrenlos, requiébrenlas, requiébrense

Derived terms

• requiebro

Descendants

• → Portuguese: requebrar

Further reading

• “requebrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025