break Significado & Definição

Significado de break em português

• 0 to separate into two or more pieces, or to make something separate into two or more pieces -- quebrar(-se)

  • They had to break a window to get in.

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

  • She broke her leg in the accident.

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

  • Who broke the TV?

• 3 to stop an activity and have a short rest -- parar, fazer uma pausa

  • Let’s break for five minutes.

• 4 to not do something that you should do -- quebrar (promessa)

  • I don’t like to break promises.

• 5 to come to an end or make something come to an end -- romper (silêncio)

  • Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence.

• 6 to do something that the law says you must not do -- infringir a lei

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

  • a coffee break

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

  • a weekend break in Paris

• 9 a place where something has broken -- ruptura, fratura

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