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quebrada [key-brah-duh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- a brook.
Origin of quebrada 1825–35; Spanish, noun use of feminine past participle of quebrar to break ≪ Latin crepāre to clatter, crack, rattle Examples from the Web for quebrada Historical Examples of quebrada
It was this narrow gorge which was known as the Quebrada del Coyote.
Gustave Aimard
He himself was in sore doubt as to the identity of the quebrada which they were following.
Charles Francis Stocking
“It was there I left him,” said Carmen, pointing to a quebrada some ten miles away.
William Westall
The water of the quebrada is never sufficiently abundant to irrigate the whole of the cone of the torrent.
Pierre Denis
They then built a stone dam at the outlet of the quebrada, and the water accumulates behind this during the night.
Pierre Denis