OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2756

break

/bɹeɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amansar • desbravar • domar
To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
Colonel: See, gentlemen? Any horse could be broken.
You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
cambiar • estropearse
To end.
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
romper
To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
There are many places on the reef that break during the summer.
quebrar • romper
To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
Phrases
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