breaks Meaning

noun

Rotura, ruptura

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

Examples :

"The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."

El fémur tiene una rotura limpia, por lo que debería curarse fácilmente.

action part

noun

Rotura, abertura

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

Examples :

"He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway."

Esperó minutos una rotura en el tráfico para cruzar la autopista.

gap space

noun

Descanso, pausa

A rest or pause, usually from work.

Examples :

"Let’s take a five-minute break."

Tomemos un descanso de cinco minutos.

time work

noun

Recreo, descanso

A time for students to talk or play.

Examples :

"During the morning break, the children talked about their weekend adventures. "

Durante el recreo de la mañana, los niños hablaron sobre sus aventuras del fin de semana.

education time

noun

Descanso, vacaciones

A short holiday.

Examples :

"a weekend break on the Isle of Wight"

Un descanso de fin de semana en la Isla de Wight.

holiday time

noun

Ruptura, separación

A temporary split with a romantic partner.

Examples :

"I think we need a break."

Creo que necesitamos una ruptura.

emotion family

noun

Descanso, intermedio

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

Examples :

""During the school day, we have two short breaks and one long lunch break." "

Durante el día escolar, tenemos dos descansos cortos y un largo descanso para almorzar.

entertainment time stage

noun

Cambio, ruptura

A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

Examples :

"big break"

Gran cambio

attitude mind action event

noun

El amanecer, la aurora

The beginning (of the morning).

Examples :

"at the break of day"

Al amanecer

time

noun

Fuga, escape

An act of escaping.

Examples :

"It was a clean break."

Fue una fuga limpia.

action

noun

Saltos de línea, párrafos

The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.

Examples :

"The student marked the breaks in the essay with a highlighter, making it easier to see the separate paragraphs. "

El estudiante marcó los saltos de línea en el ensayo con un resaltador, lo que facilitó la visualización de los párrafos separados.

writing language grammar literature communication

noun

Interrupción, rotura

A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.

Examples :

"The programmer added error handling to prevent unexpected breaks from crashing the application. "

El programador añadió manejo de errores para evitar que las interrupciones inesperadas bloquearan la aplicación.

computing technology electronics signal device machine

noun

Punto de interrupción

A point or condition in a program at which operation may be suspended during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. A breakpoint.

Examples :

"The programmer set several breaks in the code to check if the calculations were correct. "

El programador estableció varios puntos de interrupción en el código para comprobar si los cálculos eran correctos.

computing technical technology

noun

Cambio, interrupción

A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

Examples :

"After weeks of non-stop sunshine, we finally had some breaks in the weather with scattered showers. "

Después de semanas de sol ininterrumpido, finalmente tuvimos algunos cambios en el clima con chubascos dispersos.

weather

noun verb

Descansos, pausas

:

Examples :

"The construction worker takes short breaks to rest and drink water. "

El trabajador de la construcción toma descansos cortos para descansar y beber agua.

time gap

noun

Break, coche

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Examples :

"The wealthy family arrived at the picnic in their breaks, drawn by a team of perfectly matched horses, the driver perched high in front. "

La adinerada familia llegó al picnic en su break, tirado por un equipo de caballos perfectamente emparejados, con el conductor encaramado en la parte delantera.

vehicle

noun

Frenos

(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Examples :

"The experienced horse trainer preferred using a variety of gentler snaffles, reserving the use of breaks for horses with exceptionally strong mouths or stubborn habits. "

El experimentado entrenador de caballos prefería usar una variedad de frenos más suaves, reservando el uso de los frenos para caballos con bocas excepcionalmente fuertes o hábitos obstinados.

animal utensil technical

noun

Interludio, pausa

A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

Examples :

"The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note."

El interludio de violín fue increíble; fue una pena que el cantante volviera con la nota equivocada.

music entertainment

noun

Punto de inflexión

The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

Examples :

"Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master."

Cruzar el punto de inflexión suavemente es una de las primeras lecciones que el joven clarinetista necesita dominar.

music technical

noun

Barrancos, acantilados

Usu. plural An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

Examples :

"The boat trip took us through the most scenic parts of the river, including the impressive breaks with their high cliffs and rocky formations. "

El paseo en barco nos llevó por las partes más pintorescas del río, incluyendo los impresionantes barrancos con sus altos acantilados y formaciones rocosas.

geography environment geology area nature place

noun

Break

A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

Examples :

"The DJ extended the song with long breaks, giving the dancers plenty of time to show off their best moves. "

El DJ extendió la canción con largos breaks, dando a los bailarines mucho tiempo para lucir sus mejores movimientos.

music dance entertainment

verb

Romper, quebrarse

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.

action physics process

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 economy

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 boss eventually breaks her, and she quits her job. "

Las críticas constantes de su jefe finalmente la quiebran y renuncia a su trabajo.

mind emotion human character

verb

Quebrarse, derrumbarse

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Examples :

"My heart is breaking."

Mi corazón se está quebrando.

emotion suffering mind

verb

Interrumpir, romper, terminar

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

Examples :

"The loud construction noise breaks my concentration while I'm trying to study. "

El ruido fuerte de la construcción rompe mi concentración mientras trato de estudiar.

action process time

verb

Arruinar, llevar a la quiebra

To ruin financially.

Examples :

"The recession broke some small businesses."

La recesión llevó a la quiebra a algunas pequeñas empresas.

business finance

verb

Violar, romper

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 :

""After three days of a high fever, we were relieved when the doctor said his fever finally breaks tonight." "

Después de tres días de fiebre alta, nos sentimos aliviados cuando el médico dijo que su fiebre finalmente cedería esta noche.

medicine disease physiology body

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 time

verb

Comienza, estalla, termina

(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, despuntar

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

Examples :

"Morning has broken."

La mañana ha amanecido.

time nature

verb

Arruinar, estropear

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 arruinaría el ajedrez.

game computing

verb

Romper, estropearse, dejar de funcionar

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

Examples :

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

¿Ustedes dos rompieron el carrito al correr con él?

function machine technical

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 structure

verb

Romper, romper en la orilla

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

Examples :

"The wave breaks near the shore, sending foam onto the sand. "

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

ocean weather nature

verb

Surgir, irrumpir, aparecer

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

Examples :

"The sun broke through the clouds, flooding the classroom with light. "

El sol surgió entre las nubes, inundando el aula de luz.

action appearance nature

verb

Descansar, hacer una pausa

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

Examples :

"The construction worker breaks for lunch at noon every day. "

El trabajador de la construcción descansa para almorzar al mediodía todos los días.

work time job

verb

Romper, interrumpir

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 rompieron su caída.

physics action

verb

Revelar, divulgar

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

Examples :

"The newspaper breaks the news about the school's closure. "

El periódico revela la noticia sobre el cierre de la escuela.

communication media

verb

Suena de repente, se oye de pronto

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Examples :

"The alarm clock broke into a loud ringing sound. "

El despertador sonó de repente con un fuerte timbre.

sound phonetics

verb

Rompe, interrumpe

To change a steady state abruptly.

Examples :

"His coughing broke the silence."

Su tos rompió el silencio.

action process

verb

Producirse, surgir

To suddenly become.

Examples :

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

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

action process event

verb

Cambia la voz

Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Examples :

""During middle school, many boys' voices start to change, and sometimes his voice breaks unexpectedly." "

Durante la escuela secundaria, la voz de muchos chicos empieza a cambiar, y a veces su voz cambia inesperadamente.

physiology body age

verb

Se quiebra, se rompe

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.

physiology sound linguistics phonetics emotion body

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 los 100 metros lisos.

achievement sport number

:

Examples :

"The office schedule includes breaks: a fifteen-minute break in the morning and an hour for lunch. "

gap time action

verb

Degradar, rebajar el rango

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

Examples :

"After being found guilty of misconduct, the sergeant was broken to the rank of private. "

Después de ser declarado culpable de mala conducta, el sargento fue degradado al rango de soldado raso.

military government war

verb

Romper, cortar

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Examples :

"The internet connection breaks sometimes during my online class. "

La conexión a internet se corta a veces durante mi clase en línea.

technology electronics machine action

verb

Desemulsionar

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Examples :

"The vinaigrette dressing breaks if you don't shake it well enough to keep the oil and vinegar mixed. "

El aderezo de vinagreta se descompone si no lo agitas lo suficiente para mantener el aceite y el vinagre mezclados.

chemistry science

verb

Contraatacar

To counter-attack

Examples :

"After defending fiercely near their own goal, the soccer team breaks quickly, sending forwards downfield to try and score. "

Después de defender ferozmente cerca de su propia portería, el equipo de fútbol contraataca rápidamente, enviando a los delanteros al campo para intentar marcar.

sport military action

verb

Revelar, divulgar

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

Examples :

"The journalist breaks the story about the company's illegal activities. "

El periodista revela la historia sobre las actividades ilegales de la empresa.

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 fields, his body slowly breaks. "

Después de años de duro trabajo en los campos, su cuerpo se debilita lentamente.

medicine physiology body

verb

Quebrar, ir a la quiebra

To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Examples :

"The small bakery breaks after only six months because it cannot pay its bills. "

La pequeña panadería quiebra después de solo seis meses porque no puede pagar sus facturas.

business finance economy

verb

Romper, quebrar

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Examples :

"to break flax"

Romper el lino.

action physics material

verb

Destituir, despedir

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

Examples :

"The company breaks the contract with the supplier because of consistently late deliveries. "

La empresa rescinde el contrato con el proveedor debido a las entregas consistentemente tardías.

government military job

verb

Rompe, interrumpe

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

Examples :

"to break into a run or gallop"

empezar a correr o a galopar

action way

verb

Romper, terminar una amistad

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Examples :

"Their friendship breaks if they can no longer trust each other. "

Su amistad se rompe si ya no pueden confiar el uno en el otro.

family character human emotion society

verb

Interrumpir, detener

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Examples :

"The user pressing Ctrl+C usually breaks the program. "

Presionar Ctrl+C por el usuario generalmente detiene el programa.

computing technology

verb

Interrumpe

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

Examples :

"The programmer breaks the code at line 25 to check the value of the variable "count" before it's used. "

El programador interrumpe el código en la línea 25 para verificar el valor de la variable "count" antes de que se use.

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Meanings

Rotura, ruptura

Examples :

"The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."

El fémur tiene una rotura limpia, por lo que debería curarse fácilmente.

Rotura, abertura

Examples :

"He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway."

Esperó minutos una rotura en el tráfico para cruzar la autopista.

Descanso, pausa

Examples :

"Let’s take a five-minute break."

Tomemos un descanso de cinco minutos.

Recreo, descanso

Examples :

"During the morning break, the children talked about their weekend adventures. "

Durante el recreo de la mañana, los niños hablaron sobre sus aventuras del fin de semana.

Descanso, vacaciones

Examples :

"a weekend break on the Isle of Wight"

Un descanso de fin de semana en la Isla de Wight.

Ruptura, separación

Examples :

"I think we need a break."

Creo que necesitamos una ruptura.

Descanso, intermedio

Examples :

""During the school day, we have two short breaks and one long lunch break." "

Durante el día escolar, tenemos dos descansos cortos y un largo descanso para almorzar.

Cambio, ruptura

Examples :

"big break"

Gran cambio

El amanecer, la aurora

Examples :

"at the break of day"

Al amanecer

Fuga, escape

Examples :

"It was a clean break."

Fue una fuga limpia.

Saltos de línea, párrafos

Examples :

"The student marked the breaks in the essay with a highlighter, making it easier to see the separate paragraphs. "

El estudiante marcó los saltos de línea en el ensayo con un resaltador, lo que facilitó la visualización de los párrafos separados.

Interrupción, rotura

Examples :

"The programmer added error handling to prevent unexpected breaks from crashing the application. "

El programador añadió manejo de errores para evitar que las interrupciones inesperadas bloquearan la aplicación.

Punto de interrupción

Examples :

"The programmer set several breaks in the code to check if the calculations were correct. "

El programador estableció varios puntos de interrupción en el código para comprobar si los cálculos eran correctos.

Cambio, interrupción

Examples :

"After weeks of non-stop sunshine, we finally had some breaks in the weather with scattered showers. "

Después de semanas de sol ininterrumpido, finalmente tuvimos algunos cambios en el clima con chubascos dispersos.

Descansos, pausas

Examples :

"The construction worker takes short breaks to rest and drink water. "

El trabajador de la construcción toma descansos cortos para descansar y beber agua.

Break, coche

Examples :

"The wealthy family arrived at the picnic in their breaks, drawn by a team of perfectly matched horses, the driver perched high in front. "

La adinerada familia llegó al picnic en su break, tirado por un equipo de caballos perfectamente emparejados, con el conductor encaramado en la parte delantera.

Frenos

Examples :

"The experienced horse trainer preferred using a variety of gentler snaffles, reserving the use of breaks for horses with exceptionally strong mouths or stubborn habits. "

El experimentado entrenador de caballos prefería usar una variedad de frenos más suaves, reservando el uso de los frenos para caballos con bocas excepcionalmente fuertes o hábitos obstinados.

Interludio, pausa

Examples :

"The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note."

El interludio de violín fue increíble; fue una pena que el cantante volviera con la nota equivocada.

Punto de inflexión

Examples :

"Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master."

Cruzar el punto de inflexión suavemente es una de las primeras lecciones que el joven clarinetista necesita dominar.

Barrancos, acantilados

Examples :

"The boat trip took us through the most scenic parts of the river, including the impressive breaks with their high cliffs and rocky formations. "