Significato di break in italiano

• 0 to separate into two or more pieces, or to make something separate into two or more pieces -- rompere, rompersi, spezzare, spezzarsi

  • They had to break a window to get in. Hanno dovuto rompere una finestra per entrare.

• 1 to damage a bone in your body -- rompersi

  • She broke her leg in the accident. Nell’incidente si è rotta una gamba.

• 2 to stop working or to make something stop working -- rompere

  • Who broke the TV? Chi ha rotto la TV?

• 3 to stop an activity and have a short rest -- interrompere, fare una pausa

  • Let’s break for five minutes. Facciamo una pausa per cinque minuti.

• 4 to not do something that you should do -- venir meno a, rimangiarsi

  • I don’t like to break promises. Non mi piace rimangiarmi le promesse.

• 5 to come to an end or make something come to an end -- interrompere, rompere, mettere fine a

  • Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence. Alla fine qualcuno ha parlato, interrompendo il silenzio.

• 6 to do something that the law says you must not do -- infrangere la legge, violare la legge

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

  • a coffee break una pausa caffè

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

  • a weekend break in Paris un fine settimana di vacanza a Parigi

• 9 a place where something has broken -- rottura, frattura

  • The x-ray shows a bad break in her arm. La radiografia mostra una brutta frattura nel suo braccio.

• 10 to divide into two or more parts (by force) -- rompere, spezzare

  • I accidentally broke the vase.

• 11 (usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force) -- rompere, spezzare

  • She broke a piece off the bar of chocolate.

• 12 to make or become unusable -- rompere

  • Someone’s broken the photocopier.

• 13 to go against, or not act according to (the law etc) -- infrangere, venire meno

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

• 14 to do better than (a sporting etc record) -- battere, superare

  • She broke the world high-jump record.

• 15 to interrupt -- interrompere

  • She broke her journey in London.

• 16 to put an end to -- rompere

  • He broke the silence.

• 17 to make or become known -- comunicare

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

• 18 (of a boy’s voice) to fall in pitch -- alterarsi, mutare

  • His voice broke.

• 19 to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc) -- smussare

  • Luckily, the thick grass broke his fall.

• 20 to begin -- scoppiare, cominciare

  • The storm broke before they reached shelter.

• 21 a pause -- pausa

  • a break in the conversation.

• 22 a change -- cambiamento

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

• 23 an opening. -- inizio

• 24 a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck -- opportunità, occasione

  • This is your big break.