Quebranto in english

Quebranto

pronunciation: kwəbræntoʊ part of speech: none
In gestures

quebrantar = be in violation of ; infringe (on/upon) ; go back on ; transgress. 

Example: A 'self-help' approach, whereby libraries cooperate to boycott periodical publishers who are considered to be culpable, may also be in violation of antitrust legislation.Example: The Act undoubtedly has the potential to infringe gravely upon the civil liberties of UK citizens.Example: The Commission has downgraded university librarians in terms of both pay and academic status, thus going back on a right granted as early as 1960.Example: But it is Islam's strict code of sexual modesty that Islamists most often transgress.

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» quebrantar el espíritu de Alguienbreak + Posesivo + spirit .

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.

» quebrantar la leybreak + the law .

Example: Unmarried people who break the law are subject to punishment by lashing.

» quebrantarsecrack up .

Example: The truth is that Europe is cracking up along four fault lines: its values, the euro, foreign policy and leadership.

quebranto = shattering. 

Example: Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.
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