breaking Meaning

verb

Romper, quebrar

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Examples :

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Si el jarrón cae al suelo, podría romperse.

verb

Dividir, fraccionar

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Examples :

"Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?"

¿Puedes dividir un billete de cien dólares para mí?

business finance

verb

Quebrar, desanimar

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Examples :

"The constant criticism from her teachers was breaking her spirit. "

Las críticas constantes de sus profesores estaban quebrando su espíritu.

mind emotion character person

verb

Derrumbarse, estar abrumado por la tristeza

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mi corazón se está derrumbando.

emotion suffering mind

verb

Interrumpir, romper, terminar

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Examples :

"The loud music was breaking my concentration while I tried to study. "

La música alta estaba interrumpiendo mi concentración mientras intentaba estudiar.

action process

verb

Arruinarse, quebrar

To ruin financially.

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La recesión quebró a algunas pequeñas empresas.

business finance economy

verb

Romper, violar

To violate, to not adhere to.

Examples :

"He broke his vows by cheating on his wife."

Él rompió sus votos al engañar a su esposa.

law moral action

verb

Remitir, ceder

(of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Examples :

""The doctor said the fever was breaking, so we knew my son was finally getting better." "

El médico dijo que la fiebre estaba remitiendo, así que supimos que mi hijo finalmente estaba mejorando.

medicine disease physiology

verb

Terminar, romperse

(of a spell of settled weather) To end.

Examples :

"The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek."

El pronóstico dice que el calor terminará a mediados de semana.

weather

verb

Comenzar, estallar

(of a storm) To begin; to end.

Examples :

"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."

Alrededor del mediodía, la tormenta comenzó, y la tarde fue tranquila y soleada.

weather nature

verb

Amanecer, alborear

(of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

La mañana ha amanecido.

time nature

verb

Romper, aprovecharse

To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Examples :

"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."

Cambiar las reglas para permitir que las blancas tengan tres reinas extra rompería el ajedrez.

game computing entertainment action technical

verb

Romper, averiar

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Examples :

"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"

¿Ustedes dos averiaron el carrito al correr con él?

function machine technology device

verb

Romper, quebrar

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Examples :

"break a seal"

Romper un sello

action

verb

Romper, quebrar, perforar

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Examples :

"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."

La caballería no pudo romper las formaciones cuadradas británicas.

action physics

verb

Romper

(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Examples :

"The wave was breaking close to the shore, sending white foam onto the sand. "

La ola rompía cerca de la orilla, enviando espuma blanca a la arena.

ocean nautical nature weather

verb

Surgir, irrumpir

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the schoolyard. "

El sol surgió entre las nubes, iluminando el patio de la escuela.

action process appearance event

verb

Interrumpir, hacer una pausa

To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Examples :

"The construction workers are breaking for lunch now. "

Los trabajadores de la construcción están haciendo una pausa para almorzar ahora.

work job business action

verb

Interceptar, amortiguar

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Examples :

"He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall."

Sobrevivió al salto por la ventana porque los arbustos de abajo interceptaron su caída.

action physics

verb

Revelar, anunciar

To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

Examples :

"The news anchor is breaking the story about the car accident. "

El presentador de noticias está anunciando la historia sobre el accidente de coche.

media communication

verb

Sonar de repente

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Examples :

"The silence in the library was broken by a child's laughter suddenly breaking through. "

El silencio en la biblioteca fue roto por la risa de un niño que sonó de repente.

sound phonetics

verb

Romper, interrumpir

To change a steady state abruptly.

Examples :

"His coughing broke the silence."

Su tos rompió el silencio.

action process

verb

Convertirse repentinamente

To suddenly become.

Examples :

"The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly."

La detención fue estándar, cuando de repente el sospechoso se volvió desagradable.

action process event

verb

Mudar la voz

Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Examples :

""Michael's voice is breaking, so it sounds a little funny sometimes." "

La voz de Michael está mudando, por lo que a veces suena un poco graciosa.

physiology body age

verb

Quebrar, quebrarse

Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Examples :

"His voice breaks when he gets emotional."

Su voz se quiebra cuando se emociona.

sound physiology human body emotion

verb

Romper, superar

To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Examples :

"The runner broke the school record in the 100-meter dash. "

El corredor rompió el récord escolar en la carrera de 100 metros.

achievement sport number

verb

:

Examples :

"Definition: : (as a verb) interrupting the flow or continuity of something Sentence: The loud music was breaking my concentration while I was trying to study. "

action process

verb

Degradar

(most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

Examples :

"After the scandal, the officer was broken to the rank of private. "

Después del escándalo, el oficial fue degradado al rango de soldado raso.

military government

verb

Romper, cortar

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Examples :

"She is breaking the internet connection to focus on her homework. "

Ella está cortando la conexión a internet para concentrarse en su tarea.

action process

verb

Romper, separar

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Examples :

"The homemade salad dressing started breaking, separating into oil and vinegar. "

El aderezo casero para ensalada comenzó a romperse, separándose en aceite y vinagre.

chemistry process

verb

Contraatacar

To counter-attack

Examples :

"After blocking his opponent's punch, the boxer was breaking with a swift jab of his own. "

Después de bloquear el golpe de su oponente, el boxeador contraatacó con un rápido jab.

military action war

verb

Revelar, divulgar, comunicar

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Examples :

"She was breaking the news of her engagement to her family at dinner. "

Ella estaba revelando la noticia de su compromiso a su familia durante la cena.

communication language

verb

Debilitarse, quebrantarse

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Examples :

"After years of hard labor in the factory, his body was breaking under the strain. "

Después de años de duro trabajo en la fábrica, su cuerpo se estaba quebrando bajo la tensión.

medicine physiology body condition

verb

Quebrar, ir a la quiebra

To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Examples :

"After years of struggling, the small bakery was finally breaking under the weight of its debts. "

Después de años de dificultades, la pequeña panadería finalmente quebró bajo el peso de sus deudas.

business economy finance

verb

Romper, quebrar

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Examples :

"to break flax"

Romper el lino.

action condition

verb

Destituir, despedir

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Examples :

"The company was breaking the contract with the supplier due to consistent quality issues. "

La empresa estaba destituyendo el contrato con el proveedor debido a problemas de calidad constantes.

government military law job

verb

Romper, interrumpir, cambiar el paso

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Examples :

"to break into a run or gallop"

empezar a correr o galopar

action sport

verb

Romper, terminar una amistad

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Examples :

"After arguing about the project, Maria and Sarah were breaking, and they stopped talking to each other. "

Después de discutir sobre el proyecto, María y Sarah rompieron su amistad y dejaron de hablarse.

family human character society emotion

verb

Interrumpir, detener

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Examples :

"The teacher was breaking the simulation because it was running too slowly and giving inaccurate results. "

El profesor estaba deteniendo la simulación porque se ejecutaba demasiado lento y daba resultados inexactos.

computing technology

verb

Interrumpir, detener

To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Examples :

"The programmer broke the execution of the game to investigate why the character wasn't moving. "

El programador detuvo la ejecución del juego para investigar por qué el personaje no se movía.

computing technology technical internet electronics

noun

Rotura, quiebra

The act by which something is broken.

Examples :

"The breaking of the vase made a loud noise and scattered shards of glass everywhere. "

La rotura del jarrón hizo un ruido fuerte y esparció fragmentos de vidrio por todas partes.

action process event

noun

Diptongación

A change of a vowel to a diphthong

Examples :

"The linguistic study of Old English reveals fascinating examples of vowel breaking, where a single vowel sound shifted into a combination of two vowel sounds over time. "

El estudio lingüístico del inglés antiguo revela ejemplos fascinantes de diptongación, donde un solo sonido vocálico se transformó en una combinación de dos sonidos vocálicos con el tiempo.

language grammar phonetics linguistics

noun

Adorno, rotura

A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones

Examples :

"The pianist's interpretation of the melody included generous breaking, transforming the slow chords into a flurry of rapid notes. "

La interpretación de la melodía por el pianista incluía una generosa ornamentación, transformando los acordes lentos en una ráfaga de notas rápidas.

music

noun

Breakdance

Breakdancing

Examples :

"The school talent show featured an impressive display of breaking. "

El concurso de talentos de la escuela presentó una impresionante exhibición de breakdance.

dance sport entertainment culture

Meanings

Romper, quebrar

Examples :

"If the vase falls to the floor, it might break."

Si el jarrón cae al suelo, podría romperse.

Dividir, fraccionar

Examples :

"Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?"

¿Puedes dividir un billete de cien dólares para mí?

Quebrar, desanimar

Examples :

"The constant criticism from her teachers was breaking her spirit. "

Las críticas constantes de sus profesores estaban quebrando su espíritu.

Derrumbarse, estar abrumado por la tristeza

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mi corazón se está derrumbando.

Interrumpir, romper, terminar

Examples :

"The loud music was breaking my concentration while I tried to study. "

La música alta estaba interrumpiendo mi concentración mientras intentaba estudiar.

Arruinarse, quebrar

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La recesión quebró a algunas pequeñas empresas.

Romper, violar

Examples :

"He broke his vows by cheating on his wife."

Él rompió sus votos al engañar a su esposa.

Remitir, ceder

Examples :

""The doctor said the fever was breaking, so we knew my son was finally getting better." "

El médico dijo que la fiebre estaba remitiendo, así que supimos que mi hijo finalmente estaba mejorando.

Terminar, romperse

Examples :

"The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek."

El pronóstico dice que el calor terminará a mediados de semana.

Comenzar, estallar

Examples :

"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."

Alrededor del mediodía, la tormenta comenzó, y la tarde fue tranquila y soleada.

Amanecer, alborear

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

La mañana ha amanecido.

Romper, aprovecharse

Examples :

"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."

Cambiar las reglas para permitir que las blancas tengan tres reinas extra rompería el ajedrez.

Romper, averiar

Examples :

"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"

¿Ustedes dos averiaron el carrito al correr con él?

Romper, quebrar

Examples :

"break a seal"

Romper un sello

Romper, quebrar, perforar

Examples :

"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."

La caballería no pudo romper las formaciones cuadradas británicas.

Romper

Examples :

"The wave was breaking close to the shore, sending white foam onto the sand. "

La ola rompía cerca de la orilla, enviando espuma blanca a la arena.

Surgir, irrumpir

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the schoolyard. "

El sol surgió entre las nubes, iluminando el patio de la escuela.

Interrumpir, hacer una pausa

Examples :

"The construction workers are breaking for lunch now. "

Los trabajadores de la construcción están haciendo una pausa para almorzar ahora.

Interceptar, amortiguar

Examples :

"He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall."

Sobrevivió al salto por la ventana porque los arbustos de abajo interceptaron su caída.

Revelar, anunciar

Examples :

"The news anchor is breaking the story about the car accident. "