English-Spanish translations for icebreaker

• rompehielos
  No deja de ser absurdo el hecho de que los buques rompehielos circulen con más rapidez que los trenes de mercancías. Aunque hay que decir que los rompehielos finlandeses no son nada lentos. The fact that icebreakers travel more quickly than goods trains is absurd (not that Finnish icebreakers are particularly slow!).
  Hemos visto que China incluso está construyendo un rompehielos. We observe that China is even now building an icebreaker.
  Además de los submarinos, el combustible nuclear agotado procedente de varios rompehielos nucleares viene a sumarse al peligro ecológico. Besides the submarines, spent fuel from a number of nuclear-powered icebreakers also adds to the ecological risk.

Definition of icebreaker

• A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas
• A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other
• A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical

Examples

• The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels
• The new college hallmates were awkward with each other at first, but after a game of charades as an icebreaker, they were laughing like old friends.

Related words

• servicebransch
• specialist/konsult inom servicebranchen