brecha

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.xa/
• Rhymes: -ɛxa
• Syllabification: bre‧cha

Borrowed from German Brecheisen.

brecha f

1. (dialectal or colloquial) crowbar

   Synonym: łom

Possibly from a slang term brechtać się (“to laugh”) or from beka.

brecha f

1. (slang) kicks, amusement, fun (state of being amused)

   Synonym: ubaw

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brecha

1. third-person singular present of brechać

• “brecha”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

Borrowed from French brèche (“gap”),^[1] from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”).^[2]

• Hyphenation: bre‧cha

brecha f (plural brechas)

1. breach, gap (opening allowing passage or entrance)

   Synonyms: abertura, fresta

2. fissure

   Synonyms: fenda, fissura

• “brecha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French brèche (“gap”), from Frankish *breka. Compare English breach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾet͡ʃa/ [ˈbɾe.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -etʃa
• Syllabification: bre‧cha

brecha f (plural brechas)

1. breach

   brecha de seguridad ― security breach

2. gap, divide, gulf, chasm
   • 2015 October 19, “Tribuna”, in El País‎^[2]:

     Estamos, pues, ante el riesgo de un círculo vicioso en el que la infrautilización de tecnologías digitales y la baja productividad se reforzarían mutuamente, ampliando la brecha económica con respecto a los países más avanzados y agravando las desigualdades sociales.

     We are therefore faced with the risk of a vicious cycle in which the underuse of digital technologies and low productivity reinforce each other, widening the economic divide with regard to more advanced countries and worsening social inequalities.

3. rift, wedge
4. break, breakthrough (change in circumstance or situation)
5. gash (wound from a cut)
6. impression

   abrir brecha

   to make an impression

   (literally, “to break through”)

• brecha digital (“digital divide”)
• brecha de género (“gender gap”)
• brecha de seguridad (“security breach”)

• “brecha”, 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