OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24548

breakthrough

/ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
brecha
An advance through and past enemy lines.
abrir brecha • gran avance • groso logro • grosso adelanto • hito mayúsculo • innovación significante • jalón protagónico • progreso considerable • éxito significativo
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
"Secondly, we have to find more cost-effective ways of electrifying. And we've had a real breakthrough in the last couple of years in terms of bridge clearances and immunisation, m…
Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.