quebrar
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Meanings
Verb
1. to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture) (transitive)
2. to break (often in legal contexts), violate a law (transitive, figuratively)
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 (intransitive, slang, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia)
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) (reflexive, figuratively)
9. to vomit after drinking too much alcohol (intransitive, slang, Argentina)
Examples46
I think we broke Tom.
Do you really want to break my heart?
The company's failed.
The company went bankrupt.
I fell and broke my arm.
He broke his left arm.