quebrar

Significado

  1. (transitive) to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
  2. (figuratively,transitive) to break (often in legal contexts)
  3. (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
  4. (intransitive) to fail; to go broke; to become bankrupt; to go out of business; to crash, to go bust, to go under (used in political, economic and business/financial/investment contexts)
  5. (intransitive) to break up
  6. (Colombia,El-Salvador,Guatemala,Mexico,intransitive,slang) to kill
  7. (reflexive) to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
  8. (figuratively,reflexive) to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
  9. (Argentina,intransitive,slang) to vomit after drinking too much alcohol

Frecuencia

C2
Guionizado como
que‧brar
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/keˈbɾaɾ/
Etimoloxía

Through metathesis, from Latin crepāre (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Compare English crevasse.

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