quebrar
Meaning
- (transitive) to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
- (figuratively, transitive) to break (often in legal contexts)
- (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
- (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)
- (intransitive) to break up
- (Colombia, El-Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, intransitive, slang) to kill
- (reflexive) to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
- (figuratively, reflexive) to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
- (Argentina, intransitive, slang) to vomit after drinking too much alcohol
Concepts
Synonyms
quebro
hacer bancarrota
partir en dos
en lonjas la carne
en zigzag
romper objetos
descocorotar
matar a alguien
romber
romper con estrépito
Translations
rompere
briser
brechen
trencar
breken
quebrarFrequency
Hyphenated as
que‧brar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/keˈbɾaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Through metathesis, from Latin crepāre (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Compare English crevasse.
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