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murtaa.

to break, fragment (to cause to end up in two or more pieces)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈmurtɑːˣ/[ˈmurt̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to break, fragment (to cause to end up in two or more pieces)

    transitive
    Aion murtaa naamiosi.
  2. to break off (to remove a piece by breaking or snapping)

    transitive
  3. to break, fracture, (cause to) crack under physical strain (of a bone, etc.)

    transitive
    Älä yritä murtaa hänen niskaansa.
    Älä murra sormiasi koripallossa.
  4. to break (to cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will; often with tahto (“will”))

    transitive
    Norsun tahto on murrettava ennen kuin sitä voi käyttää kantojuhtana.
    Amerikka on käyttänyt monia kidutustapoja murtaakseen sotavankinsa.
  5. to break (a pass)

    transitive
  6. to arpeggiate (a chord)

    transitive
  7. to mute (mix a color with black, gray or white to create a shade, tone or tint)

    transitive
  8. to speak with a dialect or accent

  9. to pry, prise

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *murtadak, from Proto-Uralic *mura-. * (to speak in a dialect): Compare Swedish bryta (“to speak with an accent”, literally “to break”).

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