English-Portuguese translations for break off

• cancelar
• interromper
  Penso, porém que, em ambos os casos, seria errado interromper o diálogo. In both cases, however, I think it would be wrong to break off the talks.
  O Banco Mundial viu-se obrigado a interromper as conversações sobre um empréstimo de adaptação estrutural para os sectores financeiro e empresarial eslovacos.This led the World Bank to break off the talks on a structural adjustment loan for the Slovak financial and business sector.
• suspender
  Devemos suspender as negociações de adesão o mais rapidamente possível. We should break off the accession negotiations as quickly as possible.
  Não devemos, porém, suspender o diálogo, se a independência deste país está em jogo. Let us not, however, break off the dialogue if the independence of this country is at stake.
  Temos de suspender imediatamente toda a cooperação e todas as ajudas ao regime do Zimbabué.We must immediately break off all communication with, and suspend all assistance to, the Zimbabwean regime.

Definition of break off

• To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently
• To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping

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