English-Spanish translations for break

• romper
  No hay motivo para romper estos acuerdos. There is no case for breaking these agreements.
  Tenemos que romper ese círculo vicioso. We have to break this vicious circle.
  También ha sido necesario romper ciertos tabúes. There has also been a need to break certain taboos.
• quebrar
• cambiar
  Las normas pueden cambiar, pero no quebrantándolas. Rules can be changed, but not by breaking them.
  Se necesitan iniciativas diplomáticas para cambiar la situación imperante. A diplomatic initiative is required to break the deadlock.
  Los debates en esta Asamblea sobre textos legislativos cada vez se realizan más tarde y deberíamos cambiar esta costumbre. Debates in this House on legislative texts are being held at ever-later hours, and we would do well to break this habit.
• conculcar
• corte
  (Agitación) Estimadas y estimados colegas, existen unas normas mínimas de cortesía entre las personas y si no las han aprendido, las pueden conocer esta mañana. (Applause) The rapporteur was unable to discuss these amendments with the petitioners in sufficient detail over the Christmas break.
• demoler
• derribar
  El objetivo concreto de la biblioteca digital es derribar estas barreras. The precise aim of the digital library is to break down these barriers.
  El uso de las modernas tecnologías nos permite derribar los muros que existen actualmente. By using modern technologies, we can break down the walls which exist today.
  Por tanto, tenemos que hacer todo lo posible por derribar las barreras que existen en esa región en particular. So we must do all we can to break down the barriers that are in that particular region.
• desbocar
• descomponer
  Equivaldría a descomponer la Unión Europea. It would be the equivalent of breaking up the European Union.
  Los PFOS y las sustancias relacionadas con los mismos son altamente fluorados y extremadamente difíciles de descomponer. PFOS and PFOS-related substances are highly fluorinated and extremely difficult to break down.
  Sin embargo, debemos de dejar de descomponer y desenmarañarlo todo de nuevo, pues a fin de cuentas solo podemos negociar el conjunto del paquete. We should however stop breaking everything down and unravelling it all again because in the end, we can only negotiate the whole as a package.
• descomponerse
• echarse a perder
• faltar
  No queriendo faltar a esta tradición tampoco este año, permítanme exponer esas correcciones de orden técnico. As I do not wish to break with this tradition this year either, allow me to outline some such technical corrections.
• fractura
• infringir
  Fue una decisión poco acertada, pero no cabe duda que la respuesta no puede ser infringir la ley. That is unfortunate, but surely the answer is not to break the law.
  Los distintos períodos de suspensión permiten ambas cosas sin infringir las normas de la OMC. The different suspension periods make both these things possible without breaking WTO rules.
  ¿Es necesario demostrar entonces, antes de que salgan a la venta, que los reproductores MP3 no pueden utilizarse para infringir la ley? Is it, then, necessary to prove, before they go on sale, that MP3 players cannot be used to break the law?
• pausa
  A continuación debe seguir una pausa, pero sólo durante el verano. There would then be a break, but just for the summer recess.
  En esta fase, es necesario que se haga una pausa en el proceso de ampliación. There needs to be a break in the enlargement process at this stage.
  Muchos lo han dicho y muchos siguen diciéndolo: necesitamos una pausa legislativa. Many have said it and many continue to say it: we require a break in legislation.
• raja
• receso
  Antes de la votación posiblemente se produzca un breve receso, si acabamos pronto el debate. Before that, there may be a short break, if we finish the discussion early.
  Señor Presidente, antes del receso, me gustaría simplemente ofrecer un punto de información. Mr President, before we break, I would just like to give a point of information.
  Señor Presidente, ¿podría solicitarle un receso de dos minutos mientras la gente abandona el hemiciclo? Mr President, can I ask you for a two-minute break while people are leaving the Chamber?
• recreo
  Para mi hermano menor, Internet es tan natural como ver la televisión o chatear durante el recreo. For my younger brother, the Internet is as natural as watching television or chatting in the school playground at break time.
  También es importante que los escolares reciban educación física y tengan oportunidades para hacer ejercicio durante los recreos. It is also important that school children be given opportunities for sports education and for physical activity during breaks.
• respiro
  Pedir un pequeño aumento o una congelación resulta irrisorio, cuando lo que realmente se necesita es un fuerte recorte del presupuesto para dar un respiro a los contribuyentes. Calling for a small increase or a freeze is derisory when what is really needed is a sharp cut in the budget to give the taxpayer a break.
• romperse
  ¿Por qué ha de romperse la relación imprescindible entre venta y posventa? Why break the essential link between sales and after-sales service?
  En cuanto al Pacto de Estabilidad, evidentemente está a punto de romperse. As for the Stability Pact, it is clearly in the process of breaking up.
  Estos productos pueden romperse o presentar fugas, de forma que el mercurio acabe liberándose finalmente en el medio ambiente. Products may break or leak, so that mercury ends up in the environment anyway.
• romperse; () desintegrarse; descomponerse
• rotura
  Permítame el Comisario que le diga lo siguiente: hemos oído hablar con mucha claridad acerca de la rotura de los límites de la rúbrica 5. Can I say to the Commissioner, we heard quite clearly about the breaking of the Heading 5 ceiling.
  Quisiera expresar mi condolencia a todos cuantos están afrontando las consecuencias de la rotura y el hundimiento del buque-cisterna Erika. I would like to express my sympathy with all those who are dealing with the consequences of the breaking up and sinking of the oil tanker Erika.
• ruptura
  Para nosotros, este es el punto de ruptura en este texto. For us, that is a breaking point in this text.
  El camino de la paz exige una ruptura con estas políticas. The path of peace requires a break with these policies.
  Una ruptura que esperan todos los europeos sinceros. It is a break that all genuine Europeans are waiting for.

Definition of break

• To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly
• To divide into smaller units
• To cause to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of
• To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief
• To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate
• To ruin financially
• To violate, to not adhere to
• To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature
• To end
• To begin; to end
• To arrive
• To render unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage
• To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether
• To cause to no longer bar
• To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce
• To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. Image:A storm at Pors-Loubous.jpg|right|thumb|196px|A wave '''breaking'''.
• To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
• To interrupt by inserting something so that the falling object does not hit something else beneath
• To disclose or make known an item of news, etc
• To become audible suddenly
• To change a steady state abruptly
• To suddenly become
• Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
• To surpass or do better than , to do better than , setting a new record
• To demote, to reduce the military rank of
• To end , to disconnect
• To demulsify
• To counter-attack
• To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate
• To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength
• To fail in business; to become bankrupt
• To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of
• To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss
• To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait
• To fall out; to terminate friendship
• To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion
• An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces
• A physical space that opens up in something or between two things
• A rest or pause, usually from work
• a time for students to talk or play
• A temporary split with a romantic partner
• An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game
• A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention
• The beginning (of the morning
• An act of escaping
• The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text
• A point or condition in a program at which operation may be suspended during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. A breakpoint
• A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind
• A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue
• The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register
• ''usu. plural'An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., , US
• A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music

Examples

• If the vase falls to the floor, it might break
• In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car
• His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest
• She broke her neck
• He slipped on the ice and broke his leg
• Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
• The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers
• Her childs death broke Angela
• Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war
• The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices
• You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden
• My heart is breaking
• Ive got to break this habit I have of biting my nails
• to break silence; to break ones sleep; to break ones journey
• I had won four games in a row, but now youve broken my streak of luck
• The recession broke some small businesses
• When you go to Vancouver, promise me you wont break the law
• He broke his vows by cheating on his wife
• break ones word
• Time travel would break the laws of physics
• Susans fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
• The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek
• We ran to find shelter before the storm broke
• Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny
• Morning has broken
• The day broke crisp and clear
• Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess
• I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords
• On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke
• Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
• Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions
• break a seal
• The cavalry were not able to break the British squares
• Lets break for lunch
• He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall
• The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous
• I dont know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back
• In the latest breaking news
• When news of their divorce broke
• His coughing broke the silence
• His turning on the lights broke the enchantment
• With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly
• Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died
• The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly
• His voice breaks when he gets emotional
• He broke the mens 100-meter record
• I cant believe she broke 3 under par!
• The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief
• He needs to break serve to win the match
• Is it your or my turn to break?
• The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch
• The referee broke the boxers clinch
• I couldnt hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back
• to break flax
• to break into a run or gallop
• The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily
• The sun came out in a break in the clouds
• He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway
• Let’s take a five-minute break
• a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
• I think we need a break
• big break
• lucky break, bad break
• [[daybreak
• daybreak]]
• at the break of day
• make a break for it, for the door
• It was a clean break
• prison break
• The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point
• The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note
• Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master

Related words

• breakwater
• breakfast
• daybreak
• breakdown
• breakthrough
• jailbreak
• jawbreaker
• ice-breaker
• windbreak