Bedeutung von break auf Englisch

• 0 to divide into two or more parts (by force) -- brechen

  • I accidentally broke the vase.

• 1 (usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force) -- abbrechen

  • She broke a piece off the bar of chocolate.

• 2 to make or become unusable -- vernichten

  • Someone’s broken the photocopier.

• 3 to go against, or not act according to (the law etc) -- brechen

  • He broke the law by driving over the speed limit.

• 4 to do better than (a sporting etc record) -- (einen Rekord etc.) brechen

  • She broke the world high-jump record.

• 5 to interrupt -- abbrechen

  • She broke her journey in London.

• 6 to put an end to -- brechen

  • He broke the silence.

• 7 to make or become known -- beibringen

  • They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.

• 8 (of a boy’s voice) to fall in pitch -- brechen

  • His voice broke.

• 9 to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc) -- brechen

  • Luckily, the thick grass broke his fall.

• 10 to begin -- losbrechen

  • The storm broke before they reached shelter.

• 11 a pause -- die Pause

  • a break in the conversation.

• 12 a change -- der Umschwung

  • A break in the bad weather allowed us to continue our journey.

• 13 an opening. -- die Lücke

• 14 a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck -- der Durchbruch

  • This is your big break.