Dictionary
quebrar
Meaning
- to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
- to break (often in legal contexts)
- to bend, flex or twist
- 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)
- to break up
- (slang) to kill
- to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
- to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
- (slang) to vomit after drinking too much alcohol
Hyphenated as
que‧brar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/keˈbɾaɾ/
Inherited from Latin
crepō
Cognate with English
crevasse
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