Significado de break en español

• 0 to separate into two or more pieces, or to make something separate into two or more pieces

  • They had to break a window to get in.

• 1 to damage a bone in your body

  • She broke her leg in the accident.

• 2 to stop working or to make something stop working

  • Who broke the TV?

• 3 to stop an activity and have a short rest

  • Let’s break for five minutes.

• 4 to not do something that you should do

  • I don’t like to break promises.

• 5 to come to an end or make something come to an end

  • Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence.

• 6 to do something that the law says you must not do

• 7 the act of stopping an activity for a short time, usually to rest

  • a coffee break

• 8 a holiday or period of time away from work or school

  • a weekend break in Paris

• 9 a place where something has broken

  • The x-ray shows a bad break in her arm.

• 10 a temporary stopping of activity

  • a coffee/lunch break una pausa para tomar un café / comer

  • to take a break from full-time work tomar un descanso de tabajar a tiempo completo

• 11 a chance for success

  • I finally got a break when my parents lent me some money. Por fin tuve una oportunidad cuando mis padres me dejaron algo de dinero.

  • His big break came when he won a talent show. Su gran oportunidad llegó cuando ganó un concurso de talentos.

• 12 where sth is broken

  • a break in the glass una rotura en el cristal

• 13 a short vacation

  • students leaving for Spring Break estudiantes yéndose por las vacaciones de primavera

  • We took a break for a few days. Nos tomamos un descanso durante unos días.

• 14 to stop being unpleasant to sb

  • Give her a break – she’s trying her hardest. Déjale en paz – lo está haciendo lo mejor que puede.

• 15 emphasizes annoyance or disbelief

  • $5000 for a bike? Give me a break! ¿5000 dólares por una bicicleta? ¡Dame un respiro!

• 16 to separate or make separate into pieces

  • I dropped my cup and it broke. Se me cayó mi taza y se rompió.

  • Break the candy bar in half. Parte la chocolatina por la mitad.

• 17 to stop functioning or make stop functioning

  • She broke her camera. Ella rompió su cámara.

  • The camera broke. La cámara se rompió.

• 18 to not follow a rule or law

  • to break the law/rules infringir la ley/las reglas

  • You broke your promise to me. Rompiste tu promesa conmigo.

• 19 to end, or to stop a situation or activity

  • to break a habit/routine romper un hábito/una rutina

  • An explosion broke the silence. Una explosión rompió el silencio.

  • The drought seemed unlikely to break. Parecía improbable que se acabara la sequía.

• 20 to become or make known

  • News of his assassination broke around midnight. Noticias de su asesinato estallaron sobre medianoche.

  • Her father had died and someone had to break it to her. Su padre se había muerto y alguien tenía que decírselo.

• 21 to force sb to lose emotional strength

  • The years of abuse finally broke her. Los años de abuso finalmente la desquebrajaron.

• 22 to pause or to have a rest

  • We’ll break for coffee around 10:30. Vamos a parar para tomarnos un café a las 10:30h.

• 23 to have equal profit and costs

  • I’ll be surprised if we break even this year. Me sorprendería si este año saliéramos a la par.

• 24 to stop sb from falling directly to the ground

  • The branches broke his fall. Las ramas interrumpieron su caída.

• 25 to escape or to get away

  • His grip loosened, and I broke free. Su agarre se aflojó, y me liberé.

• 26 to make sb extremely sad

  • It broke her heart to lose the house. Perder la casa le rompió el corazón.

• 27 to make people feel relaxed at the beginning of a party

  • She broke the ice with a joke. Ella rompió el hielo con un chiste.

• 28 to do sth faster, better, etc. than ever before

  • to break the world record for sailing around the world romper el récord mundial de navegar alrededor del mundo