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quebrar.

to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/keˈbɾaɾ/[keˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
  1. to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)

    transitive
  2. to break (often in legal contexts), violate a law

    figuratively · transitive
  3. to bend, flex or twist

    transitive
  4. 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
  5. to break up

    intransitive
  6. to kill

    Colombia · El-Salvador · Guatemala · Mexico · intransitive · slang
  7. to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)

    reflexive
  8. to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)

    figuratively · reflexive
  9. to vomit after drinking too much alcohol

    Argentina · intransitive · slang
Where this word comes from

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

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