Broke in spanish
pronunciation: roʊmpioʊ part of speech: adjective
break4 = romper, partir, interrumpir. [Verbo irregular: pasado broke, participio broken]
Example: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.more:
» all hell + break loose = armarse la de Dios, armarse la de San Quintín, montarse un pollo.
Example: The newspaper that he was writing for at the time started to publish excerpts from Rushdie's book and as a result all hell broke loose.» bedlam + break loose = armarse la de Dios, armarse la de San Quintín, montarse un pollo.
Example: It is suggested that if bedlam should break loose the teacher should try to understand the cause or causes and use remedies.» break + the news = decir Algo, revelar Algo.
Example: 'Let me know how you think we should break the news, uh?,' Cissy Bogardus replied and took her leave.» break + a contract = rescindir un contrato, romper un contrato, incumplir un contrato.
Example: Can you landlord break the contract and give us 30 days to move out?.» break + a few rules = romper algunas reglas, romper algunas normas.
Example: I am looking for a zesty girl who isn't afraid to break a few rules and make a scene, spontaneity is huge for me.» break + a hoodoo = romper un maleficio.
Example: We are over the moon to finally break the hoodoo Oxford had over us and we're really pleased with the result.» break a leg! = ¡suerte!, ¡buena suerte!.
Example: The theatrical tradition of telling an actor about to go on stage to 'break a leg', may have its origin in a German phrase borrowed from Hebrew.» break apart = hacer cisco, hacer añicos, hacer trizas, hacer pedazos, hacer polvo, despedazar, destrozar, destruir.
Example: It was the size of a truck and was breaking apart as it crashed down, throwing out little bits of hot shrapnel that zinged past me.» break + a record = batir un récord.
Example: Attendance broke previous records with 2,976 delegates attending from 141 countries.» break + a rule = incumplir una regla, infringir una regla, incumplir una norma, infringir una norma.
Example: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.» break + a spell = deshacer un hechizo, romper un hechizo.
Example: The wicked Morgan cursed him centuries ago and he'll die in fourteen days if her maleficent spell is not broken.» break + a sweat = romper a sudar, empezar a sudar, comenzar a sudar, hacer un esfuerzo, realizar un esfuerzo.
Example: Our team proved to be way above their opponents and romped to victory without breaking a sweat.» break + a truce = romper una tregua.
Example: Anyone who would break a truce and order unarmed men to be killed has to be the worst kind of degenerate motherfucker in the world.» break away = desconectar.
Example: Maybe, just maybe losing motivation is a way that our body tells us we need to break away for a while.» break away from = romper con, distanciarse de, escaparse de.
Example: He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.» break + bread with = sentarse a la mesa con, compartir la mesa con. [Frecuentemente en el sentido de conciliar posturas o llegar a un entendimiento]
Example: Jesus broke bread with everyone from Pharisees to prostitutes to tax collectors.» break + cover = dejarse ver, salir al descubierto.
Example: Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president -- as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.» break + curfew = volver más tarde de + Posesivo + hora. [Volver pasada la hora que los padres han dicho a sus hijos que deben regresar a casa por la noche]
Example: Her dad was mainly focused on her sister, who had broken curfew the night before and sweet-talked her way out of it.» break down = averiarse, estropear, romper, venirse abajo, destruir, petarse, estar petado.
Example: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.» break down + barriers = eliminar las barreras.
Example: The key to the effectiveness of the data base is digitilisation, which breaks down barriers imposed by time, physical distance and delivery medium.» break down + borders = romper barreras.
Example: It is becoming increasingly essential to break down borders and co-exist, while maintaining individual business differentiation.» break down + boundaries = romper barreras.
Example: These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.» break down in + disarray = perder la compostura.
Example: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.» break down into = descomponer en, subdividir en, analizar en.
Example: Sometimes these broad elements are broken down into sub-elements.» break down in(to) + tears = deshacerse en lágrimas.
Example: At the end of three weeks, she became anxious and depressed and, to her great annoyance, broke down on occasion into uncontrollable tears.» break + even = salir sin ganar ni perder, ni ganar ni perder, lo comido por lo servido.
Example: Would the library have to charge more than the major document delivery suppliers in order to break even on the cost of the service?.» break + free from/of = liberarse de, escaparse de.
Example: The institutional 'traditional student' discourse in the USA is one of fraternity parties and breaking free of parental control.» break from + school = terminar la escuela.
Example: Their bus doesn't come until half an hour after they break from school.» break + ground = abrir nuevos caminos, ser vanguardista, ser innovador, abrir fronteras.
Example: This framework breaks ground in integration of natural language with interactive computer graphics.» break in = entrar ilegalmente, robar, asaltar. [Con allanamiento de morada]
Example: The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.» break in = forzar la entrada, entrar a la fuerza, entrar por la fuerza.
Example: He had one foot over the window sill of his Paris flat when police broke in and collared him.» break in + half = partir por la mitad.
Example: But when runner beans are fresh, they do snap when you break them in half!.» break into = dedicarse, dirigir los intereses de uno.
Example: This article examines the position of IBM and its decline in the world of data processing and considers the growth areas that the company should break into.» break into = descomponerse en, dividir en, subdividir en.
Example: Each of these facets breaks into an array of terms corresponding to the terms of the research.» break into = robar, asaltar, entrar ilegalmente.
Example: A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.» break into = empezar a, comenzar a, irrumpir a.
Example: Every now and then, we all break into air-drumming or steering wheel tapping when we hear that epic song we love.» break into + a laugh = empezar a reír, comenzar a reír, ponerse a reír, echarse a reír.
Example: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.» break into + a smile = sonreír.
Example: Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.» break into + guffaws of laughter = empezar a reírse a carcajadas, empezar a dar carcajadas, partirse de risa, partirse de reír, troncharse de reír, troncharse de risa.
Example: The other children broke into guffaws of laughter -- I felt embarrassed but more ashamed of my own ignorance.» break into + new markets = introducirse en nuevos mercados.
Example: The Internet offers unparalleled opportunities to break into new markets.» break into + parts = descomponer, dividir en partes.
Example: Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.» break in + two = partir en dos, romper en dos.
Example: In April 1656 she would meet her destiny on the shores of Western Australia when it crashed onto the reef and broke in two immediately.» break it to + Nombre + gently = decirle Algo a Alguien con mucho tacto, comunicar Algo a Alguien con mucho tacto.
Example: She won't like the news but I must break it to her gently, she has a right to know.» break + loose from = liberarse de, deshacerse de, librarse de, soltarse de.
Example: It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'.» break + new ground = abrir nuevos caminos, ser vanguardista, ser innovador, abrir fronteras.
Example: In this category too there are examples of SLIS participation in ventures breaking new ground.» break + Nombre + apart = desgarrar, despedazar, destruir, destrozar. [Generalmente, en sentido emocional o sentimental]
Example: He had been there to help her when she needed him during those long dark hours when the fear of losing her son had almost broken her apart.» break + Nombre + apart = desarmar, desmantelar, desmontar.
Example: He had a screwdriver in his pocket that would have broken it apart in two seconds.» break + Nombre + down = desglosar, descomponer, dividir, analizar.
Example: The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.» break + Nombre + in = domar.
Example: You'll never wear your combat boots until they're comfortable, and this is the fastest and easiest way to break them in.» break off = romper completamente, tronchar.
Example: After cooling, the plate and mould were removed from the box and the plaster was broken off and discarded.» break off = descansar, detenerse, parar.
Example: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.» break off + a relationship = romper una relación.
Example: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.» break out = descomponer, analizar, dividir.
Example: Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.» break out = escaparse, evadirse.
Example: The article 'Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.» break out = estallar, surgir.
Example: Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.» break out in + a cold sweat = entrar un sudor frío.
Example: And then I felt the urge to throw up and suddenly I was breaking out in a cold sweat.» break out in + a rash = salir un sarpullido, salir ronchas, salir una erupción.
Example: I just recently got a tattoo, and I'm now breaking out in a rash.» break out in + a sweat = sudar, empezar a sudar.
Example: No matter what, breaking out in a sweat all of the sudden is not really normal.» break out in + goosebumps = poner la carne de gallina, poner la piel de gallina.
Example: In the span of one paragraph, he made me break out in goosebumps then made me laugh and cry at the same time.» break out in + goose pimples = poner la carne de gallina, poner la piel de gallina.
Example: She shut her eyes and stayed glued to the chilly tiled wall, even though it caused her skin to break out in goosepimples.» break out in + spots = salir granos.
Example: I just wondered has anybody been breaking out in spots since they found out their pregnant?.» break out into = descomponer, subdividir.
Example: The categories in Figure 1 could easily be broken out into additional subdivisions = Las cagegorías de la Figura 1 se puede descomponer fácilmente en subdivisiones adicionales.» break out into + declared war = declarar la guerra.
Example: The long-simmering row between Dialog Information Services and Chemical Abstracts Services has broken out into declared war.» break out of = salir de, romper con, escaparse de.
Example: Librarians must make an effort to break out of their insularity by imbibing foreign experience.» break out of + a circle = salir del círculo.
Example: Things go around in circles, and so I thought maybe we ought to break out of the circle.» break out of + prison = escaparse de la prisión, escaparse de la cárcel, fugarse de la cárcel, fugarse de la prisión.
Example: Librarians must break out of the prison they have erected for themselves that dictates their solutions must be professionally perfect; 'good enough' is often the right solution.» break out of + the box = sacar los pies del plato, sacar los pies del tiesto.
Example: I guess he should just break out of the box every once and a while and do something footloose and fancy-free.» break out of + the traditional mould = romper el molde tradicional, salir de la rutina tradicional.
Example: This paper offers advice to help librarians break out of the traditional mould and plan effective programmes for young adults.» break out + the champagne = celebrar, celebrar con champán, celebrar con champaña, festejar, festejar con champán, festejar con champaña, lanzar las campanas al vuelo, echar las campanas al vuelo.
Example: Africa is finally booming, but don't break out the champagne yet.» break out with + laugh = romper a carcajadas.
Example: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.» break + Posesivo + fall = amortiguar la caída.
Example: A Chilean trapeze artist survived a dramatic plunge after he landed on a fat spectator who broke his fall.» break + Posesivo + heart = romper el corazón, partir el corazón.
Example: You could break my heart into tiny little pieces, and I'd still pick them up and put them back in your hands.» break + Posesivo + iron will = doblegar + Posesivo + férrea voluntad.
Example: The bishop strove to break her iron will with all manner of brutality, and, failing in this, he starved her to death.» break + Posesivo + leg = romperse una pierna.
Example: Yosef jumped off the balcony, broke his leg and crawled away, leaving tracks in the snow, police said.» break + Posesivo + neck = fracturarse el cuello, romperse el cuello, desnucar, desnucarse, partirse la crisma, romperse la crisma.
Example: Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition.» break + Posesivo + promise = romper una promesa.
Example: Their promise to let their daughter pierce her navel in exchange for good grades risk far more by breaking their promise than by allowing the piercing.» break + Posesivo + spirit = quebrantar el espíritu de Alguien, amilanar, abatir.
Example: And though it was a terrible tragedy in Madrid, to pull out of Iraq would be to give in to the terrorists, give them and inch and they'll take a mile, we've got to show them that our spirit will not be broken.» break + Posesivo + trust = traicionar + Posesivo + confianza.
Example: Now regardless of my side of the story and my intentions, in this situation her perception is what counts and in her eyes I broke her trust.» break + Posesivo + word = romper + Posesivo + palabra.
Example: Obama has only broken his word once since he took office.» break + ranks = romper filas.
Example: My feeling is that Labor is hitting Boren more as a warning shot to others who might be considering breaking ranks.» break + the back of = superar la peor parte de Algo, terminar de hacer la peor parte de Algo, terminar lo más gordo de Algo, hacer lo más gordo de Algo.
Example: The main objective of our proposal is to break the back of the financial crisis by sharply reducing mortgage foreclosures.» break + the bank = hacer saltar la banca, arruinarse, costar un dineral, costar muchísimo dinero.
Example: Though pampering may ease our bodies and minds, sometimes it can break the bank.» break + the hush = romper el silencio.
Example: Finally, Marsha James broke the hush.» break + the ice = romper el hielo.
Example: That way, it's totally safe and also totally easy to break the ice and find things to chat about.» break + the journey = hacer una parada en el camino, hacer una parada en el viaje.
Example: There are several small inexpensive hotels en route if you wantto break the journey.» break + the law = infringir la ley, quebrantar la ley, contravenir la ley, violar una ley.
Example: Unmarried people who break the law are subject to punishment by lashing.» break + the mould = romper el molde, romper moldes, romper esquemas.
Example: Companies that are breaking the mould are moving beyond corporate social responsibility to social innovation.» break + the silence = romper el silencio.
Example: The article 'Break your silence: a call to Asian Indian children's writers' examines children's literature written in English by Asian Indian writers or their spouses who live, or have lived, in America.» break + the six figures = ganar más de un millón, pasar de un millón, sobrepasar el millón, ganar por encima de un millón.
Example: Less than 20 percent of American households even break the six figures.» break + the sound barrier = romper la barrera del sonido.
Example: The article 'Breaking the sound barrier: starting and maintaining an audiobook collection' shows that the percentage of households that uses spoken word audio has grown to 17 percent.» break through = abrirse paso, atravesar, penetrar, romper con, salir de.
Example: Is there a glass ceiling for librarians? If so, what's the best way to break through it?.» break through + barrier = atravesar una barrera, penetrar una barrera.
Example: There are technological as well as social or cultural barriers for the library manager to break through.» break + ties with = romper los lazos con, romper las relaciones con, cortar los lazos con, cortar las relaciones con.
Example: Adolescents do not seek to break ties with parents or adults so much as to revise their relationships in a more adult direction.» break up = descomponer, subdividir, disolver, fragmentar, desarticular, disgregar.
Example: Subarrangement at entry terms can break up long sequences of entries listed under the same keyword.» break up = terminar, acabar, disolver.
Example: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.» break up + a fight = separar una pelea.
Example: If you are trying to break up a cat fight or something to that nature pick it up by the scruff of the neck.» break up into = descomponer en, subdividir en, fragmentar en.
Example: The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.» break + wind = ventosear, eliminar gases, tener flatulencia, tirarse un pedo, peerse.
Example: Why do men break wind when they pee?.» break with + the past = ruptura con el pasado.
Example: With Mr Gorman we have to stress on the revolutionary use of the computer, a sharp break with the past.» break with + tradition = romper con la tradición.
Example: Don't be afraid to be innovative for fear of breaking long held traditions.» day + break = día + romper.
Example: It was our morning watch; when, soon after the day began to break, a man on the forecastle called out, 'Land ho!'.» fire + break out = fuego + prenderse, fuego + iniciar.
Example: In 1994 fire broke out in the Central Library building which housed the Norfolk Record Office.» jailbreak [gaolbreak, -UK] = escaparse de la cárcel, escaparse de la prisión, fugarse de la prisión, fugarse de la cárcel.
Example: During the late 1960s, an escape artist jailbroke by using a lock pick, made out of a wire.» make + break with tradition = romper con la tradición.
Example: It was the same Wilson who made the first deliberate break with the Aldine tradition in the 1750s with a fine double pica greek which was intended for use with no more than a few ligatures and with none of the old contractions.» make or break = suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso.
Example: The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.» party + break up = reunión + disolverse.
Example: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.» rebellion + break out = rebelión + estallar.
Example: At the 1969 ALA conference in Atlantic City, a rebellion broke out which fundamentally changed the ALA and academic librarianship.» river + break + its banks = río + desbordarse.
Example: In rainy years, the river is in danger of breaking its banks, due to the release of water upstream.» strike + break out = declararse en huelga.
Example: And then in April of the same year strikes broke out among waggonwrights and bricklayers in Liverpool.» voice + break = voz + cambiar, voz + mudar.
Example: But then one day my voice broke, and now it's very husky.» war + break out = guerra + estallar.
Example: When the Second World War broke out, my motherland was arduously fighting against Japanese imperialism.» Posesivo + waters + break = romper aguas.
Example: If your waters do break before you go into labour, don't panic -- put on a sanitary pad for protection.» you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs = nada en la vida es gratuito, quien quiera peces que se moje el culo.
Example: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.broke1 = Tiempo pasado del verbo break. [Véase éste y sus derivados para los distintos significados]
Example: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.more:
» if it ain't broke, don't fix it = si funciona, no lo toques; si no está roto, no lo arregles.
Example: If it ain't broke don't fix it is anathema to people who believe in improvement.» the straw that broke the camel's back = la gota que colmó el vaso.
Example: They've had their differences of opinion, but recently there was a blow-up that was the straw that broke the camel's back.broke2 = sin un duro, sin un céntimo, sin una pela, sin blanca, a dos velas, sin un chavo, sin un centavo, tieso, pelado, con una mano delante y otra detrás, arruinado, sin un cuarto, a la cuarta pregunta, sin (una) gorda.
Example: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.more:
» go + broke = arruinarse.
Example: The article 'Producing quality bookmobile service without going broke' presents ideas for lowering costs and improving services to outlying communities.» go for + broke = tirar la casa por la ventana, ir a por todas, poner toda la carne en el asador, jugárselo todo, echar toda la carne en el asador.
Example: The article 'Going for broke' reports on the Association of Assistant Librarians National Student Conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Feb 87.