Plural: breaks

1. romper, agrietar, desunir, estropear, forzar, fracturar, quebrar, quebrarse, reventar, fraccionar, resquebrajar, escacharrar; Synonyms: break off, break up, fracture, shatter, smash, snap; Fracture a bone of. ; Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments. ; Pierce or penetrate. ; Ruin completely.; Destroy the completeness of a set of related items.
They broke the glass, Ellos quebraron el vaso.
I broke my foot while playing hockey.
He broke the glass plate.
She broke the match.
The blade broke her skin.
He busted my radio!
The book dealer would not break the set.


2. quebrarse, partirse, romperse, dividirse, fracturarse, troncharse; Synonyms: get broken, break off, break up, cleave, part, snap, snap off; Become separated into pieces or fragments. ; Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. ; Go to pieces. ; Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves. ; Break down, literally or metaphorically.; Scatter or part.
The branch broke, La rama se quebró.
The figurine broke.
The freshly baked loaf fell apart.
The glass cracked when it was heated.
The lawn mower finally broke.
The gears wore out.
The old chair finally fell apart completely.
The surf broke.
The wall collapsed.
The business collapsed.
The dam broke.
The roof collapsed.
The wall gave in.
The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice.
The clouds broke after the heavy downpour.


3. averiarse, descomponerse; Synonyms: become damaged, break down, go bad, bust, fall into disrepair, get broken, get busted
4. quebrantar, destrozar anímicamente, doblegar, vencer totalmente, apabullar, derruir; Synonyms: crumble, crush, demolish, destroy emotionally, rack, shatter, burst, rive; Weaken or destroy in spirit or body.
The pain broke Lisa, El dolor quebrantó a Lisa.
His resistance was broken.
A man broken by the terrible experience of near-death.


5. averiar, desbaratar, descacharrar, cuatrapearse, desconchabar, desconchinflar; Synonyms: damage, ruin, spoil, bring into a state of disrepair, cause damage to, waste, bust, dilapidate; Render inoperable or ineffective. ; Stop operating or functioning. ; Ruin completely.; Cause the failure or ruin of.
You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!
The engine finally went.
The car died on the road.
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town.
The coffee maker broke.
The engine failed on the way to town.
Her eyesight went after the accident.
He busted my radio!
His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage.
This play will either make or break the playwright.


6. violar, contravenir, infringir; Synonyms: break up, violate, act counter to, be counter to, breach, contravene, infringe, transgress, trespass; Act in disregard of laws and rules. ; Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns.
Offend all laws of humanity.
Violate the basic laws or human civilization.
Break a law.
This sentence violates the rules of syntax.


7. romper relaciones, terminar relaciones; Synonyms: break up, become enemies, break off, break off relations, break relations, crack up; Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
The business partners broke over a tax question.
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage.
My friend and I split up.


8. entrar en quiebra, arruinarse, quebrar; Synonyms: go bankrupt, go out of business, lose all one's assets, lose all one's capital, run broke, run out of business
9. hacerse público, revelarse; Synonyms: come out, come to light, flare up, leak out, spread, spread far and wide; Come into being.; Be released or become known; of news.
Light broke over the horizon.
Voices broke in the air.
News of her death broke in the morning.


10. domar, amansar; Synonyms: domesticate, tame, break in, master, pacify, gentle, house-train; Make submissive, obedient, or useful.
The horse was tough to break.
I broke in the new intern.


11. quebrar, desbancar; Synonyms: bankrupt; Reduce to bankruptcy.
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
The slump in the financial markets smashed him.


12. despedazar; Synonyms: ruin; Weaken or destroy in spirit or body. ; Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments. ; Find a flaw in. ; Ruin completely.; Cause the failure or ruin of.
Anxiety breaks the spirit, La ansiedad despedaza el ánimo.
His resistance was broken.
A man broken by the terrible experience of near-death.
He broke the glass plate.
She broke the match.
Break an alibi.
Break down a proof.
He busted my radio!
His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage.
This play will either make or break the playwright.


13. interrumpirse, truncarse; Synonyms: be interrupted, become interrupted, get interrupted; Diminish or discontinue abruptly.
The patient's fever broke last night.


14. discontinuar, romper; Synonyms: suspend, break off, discontinue, interrupt; Prevent completion. ; Terminate. ; Interrupt the flow of current in. ; Cease an action temporarily. ; Interrupt a continued activity. ; Give up.; Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.
Stop the project.
Break off the negociations.
She interrupted her pregnancy.
Break a lucky streak.
Break the cycle of poverty.
Break a circuit.
We pause for station identification.
Let's break for lunch.
She had broken with the traditional patterns.
Break cigarette smoking.
The flat plain was broken by tall mesas.


15. romper, perturbar; Synonyms: disturb
His voice breaks the silence, Su voz rompe el silencio.


16. resquebrajar, quebrar; Synonyms: debilitate; Lessen in force or effect. ; Find a flaw in.
Soften a shock.
Break a fall.
Break an alibi.
Break down a proof.


17. romper; Come into being.; Come forth or begin from a state of latency.
Light broke over the horizon.
Voices broke in the air.
The first winter storm broke over New York.

1. suspensión, pausa, corte, discontinuidad, receso, solución de continuidad; Synonyms: interruption, halt, pause, rest, discontinuity, suspension, time-out, respite; An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. ; A pause from doing something (as work). ; Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts. ; A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
It was presented without commercial breaks.
We took a 10-minute break.
He took time out to recuperate.
The telephone is an annoying interruption.
There was a break in the action when a player was hurt.


2. rotura, quebradura; Synonyms: breakage, fracture, breaking, crack, fissure, rupture, split; The act of breaking something. ; The occurrence of breaking.
The breakage was unavoidable.
The break in the dam threatened the valley.


3. receso, descanso, recreo, retiro; Synonyms: recess, intermission, relaxation, rest, interlude, let-up, letup, respite, retreat; A pause from doing something (as work). ; A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
We took a 10-minute break.
He took time out to recuperate.


4. break; Synonyms: break dance; A form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music.
5. falla; Synonyms: fault, geological fault, rift, faulting, fracture, shift; A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
They built it right over a geological fault.


6. cambio de precio rápido y sensible
7. fractura; Synonyms: bone fracture, fracture, abrus; Breaking of hard tissue such as bone.
It was a nasty fracture.
The break seems to have been caused by a fall.

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