Traducción de break en Español:

break

romper, v.

Pronunciación /breɪk/

Ver definición en Español de romper

verbo transitivo broke, broken

1
(window/plate/rope) romper
(twig/stick) partir
(twig/stick) romper
(twig/stick) quebrar América Latina
I've broken my pencil — se me ha roto la punta del lápiz
- they broke a hole in the fence — abrieron una brecha en la valla
- she broke the chocolate into four pieces — partió el chocolate en cuatro trozos
- he broke his wrist playing rugby — se rompió la muñeca jugando al rugby
- I broke a tooth/my nail — se me rompió / partió un diente/la uña
- The cup broke under the strain.
- His brows creased as he tried to break a piece of chocolate and he smiled when he broke it off.
- The crew survived, but the aircraft exploded when its payload of munitions blew up breaking the windows of many local houses in the blast.
- I broke it into small pieces and put it in a bowl.
- At the head of the table, he broke pieces of bread into his soup with trembling hands.
- Most of the rubbish was polystyrene and the children were just breaking it into small pieces and strewing it all over the ground, and we all know what a mess this material makes when broken.
- Take four eggs and break each one separately in a saucer to test for quality before adding to the sugar and beat until the mix is creamy.
- The mirror had been broken, its shattered pieces falling onto the wooden chest and green carpeting.
- I tore off a tiny piece and it broke every time I stretched it.
- Six ropes had been broken and small trees around had all been pulled down.
- We then come to the mast's boom that has broken into two pieces over the ship's hull.
- She ran to the vending machines and broke the glass.
- With a few quick steps, she grasped the extinguisher, and rammed it into the glass door of the vending machine, breaking the glass.
- Frank broke a handful of crackers into his soup.
- ‘The men then tied a tow rope to the machine and broke the security housing around it,’ added Mr Patel.
- Her metal harness buckle breaks and she plunges to her death.
- After a drawn-out moment, the barrier surrounding me broke.
- A flood wall broke and water is flooding the city at an alarming rate.
- The car was stolen after a thief broke a window at Mr Westwood's home, taking his car keys and mobile telephone.
- She scribbled answers hard on the paper, constantly breaking the lead of her mechanical pencil.
2
(render useless)
(machine/radio) romper
(machine/radio) descomponer América Latina
- Right now, we've broken two bubble machines and have to buy a third one.
- However, in the ensuing minutes there was an argument, during which the sewing machine got broken.
- Someone broke the machine by jamming pencils in to it.
- The video then shows him break the camera and the picture goes dead.
- He thinks he broke the machine when he accidentally minimized a window.
- They protested against the factories by breaking the machines.
- When she went back in after the last strike days she discovered that whoever had been trying to operate her machine had broken it instead.
- Her video camera broke, and they took shelter in the women's restroom to work on it.
- Second, I check whether I'm still able to judge speed and distance accurately by making sure I can get my car key in the door lock without breaking it or scratching the paintwork too much.
- It would seem like the sort of machine you'd break just by turning it off.
- If he didn't watch what he was doing, he really was going to break one of these machines.
- We should simply break the machines and return to our caves.
- The ticket machine had broken and the punters were advised to pay on the train.
- When the washing machine broke he fixed it so well it washed the clothes twice as fast, and picked up National Radio.
- To their credit, the locals at first rebelled by breaking the machine so that no one could pay, but over time the revolution vanished like sand through so many fists.
- He turned and knocked the machine over breaking it.
- And, just to add insult to injury, I've even broken his bloody coffee machine!
- If your washing machine breaks it will be guaranteed.
- I just figured some machine broke causing a big power outage.
- My wife is emphatic about having to wear a certain outfit she pulled from the dirty clothes hamper to the party we have been invited to later, so, of course, the washing machine breaks.
3
(violate)
(rule/regulation) infringir
(rule/regulation) violar
(promise) no cumplir
(promise) faltar a
(appointment) faltar a
(appointment) no acudir a
(contract) incumplir
(contract) romper
→ law,
word
to break a strike — romper una huelga
- Traders who break the law by selling to children risk a £5,000 fine and six months imprisonment.
- ‘Many doctors did not realise they were breaking the law by failing to seek the consent of relatives,’ he reported.
- I observe how society keeps breaking the rules.
- And police are urging people to call them if they suspect someone is regularly breaking the law by drink-driving.
- Do you regularly break the rules or minor laws rather than put up with the frustration of obeying them?
- The company failed to meet deadline requirements and broke the agreements.
- This past summer, the legislature broke the agreement.
- These players are breaking the rules.
- I turn now to the matter of fines for such things as wilful desertion, breaking lease, breaking the agreement, or failing to attend the tribunal or mediation.
- If the country were a separate member of the European Union, it would be facing certain prosecution for breaking environmental law.
- It seems there's little incentive to adhere to the law, especially when breaking the rules makes such good business sense.
- What the judges, politicians and others concerned need to remember is a burglar is breaking the law and must be prosecuted.
- Agreements are broken, witnesses held in contempt, there is respect for no one.
- They're certainly breaking their contractual agreement with the bank by participating in these rebate schemes.
- Police say that anyone caught breaking the law could be liable for prosecution or given an official warning.
- He said he believed it was impossible to do the journey in under 10 hours unless he broke the speed limit.
- He walked free from court after a jury cleared him of breaking the Official Secrets Act.
- The authorities will be able to deport a harmless Egyptian cabbie who came to Britain as an economic migrant, for breaking immigration rules.
- Clubs could choose to terminate contracts, if players break them.
- At an emotional news conference, members of the women's eight apologised for breaking national Olympic rules and expressed regret at condemning their team mate.
4
(put an end to)
(deadlock/impasse) salir de
(habit) dejar
(drug ring) desarticular
the Romans could not break their power — los romanos no pudieron quebrantar su poder / no pudieron abatirlos
- Really wanting to break this bad habit is the first step to stopping.
- The Canadian Cancer Society is urging smokers trying to quit to plan out how they are going to break their habit.
- We would have to break old habits that perhaps were once useful, but don't serve their purpose anymore.
- Also, of course, there is the reality that 20 or 30 years of habit are not broken in a fortnight.
- So don't feel guilty if your new habits are broken at certain times.
- The pamphlet offered nothing about breaking habits.
- I suggest you pick a few of your unhealthy eating habits, and give yourself a month to work on breaking those habits.
- You are attempting something that is inherently very difficult: breaking old habits.
- Here are some methods for breaking old habits and creating new, desirable ones.
- How do you break habits when you're not as confident in the new methods, or at least in your skill with using them?
- It took a long time - and a lot of support - for him to break his habit, and he still doesn't feel like the person he was.
- She shrugged it off and told herself it would take some time to break her old habits.
- Honestly, a course isn't going to help break the bad habits that caused the problem in the first place.
- If you spot smoking triggers write down how you could deal with them if you were to stop smoking - a good way to break a habit is to replace it with a new one.
- Imagine how hard it must be to break a habit that's lasted ten years.
- I never managed to break the teenage habit of jiggling my legs and fidgeting when I have to sit still for a long time.
- For adults over 25, many doctors regard it as too late to break their eating habits and make them fit and lean again.
- In the course of the 1980s, the recognition of nicotine addiction offered an explanation of the difficulty experienced by some in breaking the smoking habit.
- Old habits are hard to break.
- The addictions would probably be easier to break once she began to deal with what had happened to her.
- They know that this could break the movement and we are afraid that it will work.
- The bourgeoisie are agreed that the only solution is a dictatorship that crushes and breaks the workers' movement.
- Government indifference and racist violence did not break the movement - in fact it radicalised it.
- True, he broke the power of the trade unions but the result was near total economic collapse.
- It was also viewed by its architects as a way to break the power of the elite, who are still very much in control.
5
- 5.1(ruin)
  (person/company) arruinar a
  When I look at her I just think that at some point her spirit was broken and then, well, this is what became of her.
  Anne's spirit could not be broken.
  She was going to prove he hadn't broken her spirit.
  However you see the work, its implication is that the spirit cannot be broken.
  Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts her efficiency.
  They're breaking them, their spirit, their minds, their psyche.
  If they thought that would break my spirit, they got it wrong.
  They remember being kept desperately hungry all the time, as part of a ploy to break their spirits.
  I write this letter as a mother, a mother whose spirit is broken, a mother who has to keep her child in the house in fear of losing her.
  You've stolen his dignity, shattered his emotions and broken his spirit, how much more do you want?
  After months with no sales, his spirit was broken and he gave up.
  But it stands to reason that if your spirit is broken by misery and the side effects of treatment, then you will not do well.
  She had seen many things there that broke her spirit and took away her faith in humanity, but knew that there was still good left in the world.
  There is little that life can throw at him which can break his spirit.
  The rest of us suffer while they try to break our spirits and brainwash us.
  These were trials that would have broken the spirit of most people.
  You broke my heart much like you broke the spirits of your people.
  Such privations by no means broke the spirit of the people.
  While they were successful in obtaining Rich's resignation, they could not break his spirit.
- 5.2(crush)
  (person) destrozar
  (person) deshacer
  heart, spirit, will
- 5.3(demote)
  rebajar de grado
  degradar
6
(impart)
to break sth (to sb)
7
(exceed)
to break the sound barrier — romper / atravesar la barrera del sonido
8
- 8.1(interrupt)
  (circuit/beam) cortar
  (fast/silence) romper
  ‘Melissa,’ said Matthew breaking the silence and speaking for the first time since the fight had started.
  She felt it was her job to break the silence between the two.
  A father of two has broken his silence after keeping his sighting of a ghost 15 years ago at Woodville Halls Theatre a fearful secret.
  The actress has broken her silence about the whirlwind romance.
  She has broken her silence to speak of her determination to return to the post she has held for the past 10 years.
  At last, he broke the silence: ‘What are you writing about these days, anyway?’
  Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked, ‘Wasn't I married to you once?’
  But it was not until last summer that she broke her silence and called her former lover, when she feared biographers would unearth the details.
  He recently broke his silence, admitting that he went to England after losing his job in Paris and had tried to commit suicide.
  More recently the firm broke its silence and revealed he had been hit by a viral infection and would not be back at work until May 10.
  Yesterday, she broke her silence on the whispering campaign against her.
  She decided to break her silence because she thought it was the only way the council would listen to her concerns even though it meant sacrificing her job.
  The coroner has urged those who know the names of the killers to break their silence.
  And now that they have broken their silence, it is hoped that others will find the courage to do the same.
  My mother broke the silence with a question, ‘Do you live nearby?’
  The former girlfriend of a man accused of murder admitted yesterday that she broke her silence about the killing after police threatened to implicate her.
  Police were alerted to the abuse around 20 years after it was carried out when the victim broke his silence.
  A staff member caught up in the raid broke his silence on the experience yesterday.
  Now he breaks his silence about the flawed evidence.
  Liam did not break his silence over the abuse until two years ago.
  By bouncing, the reed breaks an electrical circuit.
  If either voltage or current is too big you could break the circuit.
  A switch works by breaking the circuit, which stops the current.
  A circuit breaker has a mechanism for automatically breaking an electrical circuit.
  Everyone has a part to play in breaking this vicious cycle.
  We have to break this vicious cycle between drug dependency and crime.
  They must start to break their sequence of drawn games and start winning consistently if they are to retain their title.
  We can then break the poverty cycle by giving these disadvantaged children opportunities to get work and employment.
  Generally, if a week is not one of employment, continuity is broken, so that the employee has to start again to pick up continuity.
  It means forgiving those who have hurt you and breaking the cycle of abuse.
  Imprisonment does not break the cycle of offending and addiction.
  Then came metal hulls and steam power, and the historical line of continuity was broken.
  The solitude was broken, bizarrely, by bumping into Michael Palin and his film crew working on their next project in the Hoggar Mountains.
  The schools offer a possible way of breaking the cycle of illiteracy.
  The key to breaking the cycle is to boost demand and take up the slack in the economy.
  Ballet had created continuity in my life, but now that the left side of my body did not serve me, the continuity was broken.
  England's win against West Indies last year broke a sequence of nine decisive matches which were all won by the team fielding first.
  After a long pause he broke the tranquility again
  Your slumbers are broken bright and early with a cup of tea brought to your tent.
  Max yelled, raised one eyebrow, paused for effect, breaking the rhythm.
  We found it worth venturing into Woolacombe to break the routine.
  He will enlist the help of three minders to clear his path and stop the crowd breaking his concentration.
  The team broke its five-game losing streak.
  Theo, his concentration finally broken, stopped typing and looked up.
- 8.2(split up, divide)
  (set/collection) deshacer
  (word) separar
  (word) dividir
- 8.3(disrupt, upset)
  (pattern/continuity/monotony) romper
9
(breach, pierce)
(soil) roturar
I haven't broken the skin — no me he abierto la piel
- the submarine broke the surface of the water — el submarino afloró a la superficie
10
- 10.1(get into)
  (safe) forzar
  The maid broke the safe and stole money and jewellery.
  They broke the safe in the Accounts Section and made away with the day's receipts.
  If a burglar breaks the safe and steals the guns, I won't be held responsible for their criminal use because I did what I reasonably could to secure them.
- 10.2EEUU (escape from)
  (jail) escaparse de
  (jail) fugarse de
- 10.3(decipher)
  (code) descifrar
  We have a large exhibit on World War II cipher machines and the machines that broke the enemy's codes.
  When all the analyses were ready, the code was broken.
  Then you have to spend time breaking the code and making your own key, which only lets you hotwire the vehicle.
  I feel that I am very close to breaking the code.
  But if you could factor large numbers then you could break these codes.
  This was discovered by an astute cryptanalyst at Central Bureau and in April 1943 that code was broken.
  They were desperately looking for any clue that would help them break the code.
  He starts to punch in numbers at random in an attempt to break the code and patch into the system.
  At that point they'd broken the code, and they told people whether or not they'd received cells.
  While attempting to break the Nazi codes, his character becomes obsessed with finding the woman he loves.
  It was created in 1943 to break German codes.
  In an interactive lecture, he then examined the tricks used to break such codes.
  There then follows a long and tedious account of how they broke the enigma code.
  It would be a bit unfair to offer clues right now, if someone is close to breaking the code.
  Another way to become rich and famous is to devise, or break a code.
  Here is where Alan Turing broke the codes that maybe won the second world war.
  I started trying to break the code and was getting nowhere.
  Well done to all who managed to break the code yesterday!
  It's a computer program that's used to break ciphers.
  There is little doubt that trying to break simple codes enhances one's understanding of cryptography.
11
(change)
cambiar
can anyone break this $50 bill? — ¿alguien me puede cambiar este billete de 50?
- The hot spell had broken and now the weather was bearable again.
- The heatwave broke and it was gorgeous running weather this morning.
- The hot weather has definitely broken and it's jumpers before sunset, but only just before.
- When the weather broke, a strong, cooling wind came up, and Dolly and I were much more comfortable than of late.
- Fearing a curse, the townspeople fled in terror as soon as the weather broke.
- He said he was not worried about the weekend's sunny weather breaking as there was plenty of room to shelter from showers in the stands.
- The weather broke on 3 September, and clouds of dust were turned into glutinous mud.
- The main reason for the haste was the weather which could have broken at any time bringing all haulage work on the soft bog to an end.
- That meant withholding some of the farmers' irrigation water and sending it downriver - at least until the drought broke.
- Even so, I managed to do it, even as the first rains of the season broke across the South Bay.
- This great weather is sure to break soon so lets all enjoy it while it lasts.
- The rain breaks long enough for me to dash to the supermarket.
- If the drought has now broken, why are you predicting this food crisis will last until April?
- And in the meantime the drought has broken and the farmers are clamouring for seed so they can get a crop.
- The drought has broken again, just when everyone wondered if it ever would.
- Soon afterward, the drought broke and the area teemed once more with life.
- The heatwave has broken, the temperature has dropped, the sun has clouded over and the pavements are wet.
- This drought broke emphatically in February 1973, with exceptional rainfall over South Australia and the eastern states.
- Impatiently we wait for the weather to break, for we know all too well how much work needs to be done.
- This morning, in Winchester, the dry spell broke and there was rain.
12
(open)
(shotgun/revolver) abrir
13
(tame)
(horse) domar

verbo intransitivo broke, broken

1
- 1.1
  (window/plate) romperse
  (rope/shoelace) romperse
  (twig/stick) partirse
  (twig/stick) romperse
  (twig/stick) quebrarse América Latina
  my watch broke — se me rompió el reloj
  her tooth/nail broke — se le rompió / partió el diente/la uña
  it broke into several pieces — se hizo pedazos
  it breaks into squares — se parte en cuadrados
- 1.2(separate)
  the clouds are breaking — se está despejando
  a splinter group which broke from the party — un grupo disidente que se escindió del partido
  free
- 1.3Deporte
  (boxers/fighters) separarse
  The ref was not between the fighters but he was instructing them to break.
  He possibly could have cautioned him for holding and hitting as well, or he could have simply ordered them to break.
  He said the first damaging blow came after the referee had told them to break and stop punching.
2
(give in)
(resistance) desmoronarse
(resistance) venirse abajo
she broke under constant interrogation — no resistió el constante interrogatorio
- the soldiers broke and ran — los soldados rompieron filas y echaron a correr
- Her control broke and she hit him hard across the face.
- The words died on her tongue, and all of her well-trained control broke.
- Once in his room, Tony's fragile control broke, tears quickly blinding him.
- The phone clicked back into place as Jackie crumpled onto the floor, her composure finally breaking.
3
- 3.1(begin)
  (storm/crisis) estallar
  (day) romper
  (day) apuntar
  (day) despuntar
  A mild thunderstorm has just broken out over west London, minutes after I got home.
  On the way to the airport, a colossal thunderstorm broke.
  A huge thunderstorm broke over St. George's early this morning.
  As he climbed into his campaign bus a thunderstorm broke over the city.
  A storm broke, sending them home early, but they got caught crossing a rapidly rising creek.
  They left and soon after the storm broke.
  However, at that same moment, a thunderstorm broke loose around them.
  The storm broke as she arrived at the house, and the sudden downpour soaked her between the taxi and the front door.
  Looking down from the mouth of the pass, I could see now that a lot of our members wouldn't make it before the storm broke.
  The sudden thunderstorm broke at approximately 4.30 pm caused flooding of up to two feet in some areas.
  As I headed toward the forest, a tremendous thunderstorm broke.
  People walked by on the sidewalks, running errands, trying to get home before the storm broke.
  As soon as they had left the field, the storm broke and there was torrential rain.
  Just after I left the site a huge thunderstorm broke over Greensboro which continued through the dusk.
  During the night a storm broke, and the bungalow leaked badly.
  While we were dining in the hotel's restaurant the usual evening thunderstorm broke, along with a blinding downpour.
  Whales were almost completely absent the day before a storm broke, and the numbers migrating slowly increased once it was over.
  But just as the Queen was about to arrive in her carriage a thunderstorm broke, forcing everyone to run for cover.
  The storm broke the next morning.
  On August 20 a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains.
  When day broke, the summer dawn could not penetrate the leaden gloom above the city.
  Dawn was breaking as Marie rose from her first restful night's sleep in two weeks.
  Dawn was a few hours away but when the day broke he knew his cover wouldn't last for long.
  When dawn broke, he rose stiffly, and stretched his aching limbs.
  Americans will be at their desks on Christmas Eve and back, as ever, when dawn breaks on Boxing Day.
  I was woken by dawn breaking.
  Once I witnessed the dawn breaking as I went out to check a sickly lamb.
  Numerous teams of volunteers set off armed with litter-pickers and bags as dawn was breaking.
  Seagulls from Cork harbour were flying overhead and the dawn was breaking.
  Dawn began to break as we approached Cape May, New Jersey, and soon the sun was up.
  Birds started singing because they thought dawn had broken.
  By the time dawn broke over the notorious stretch of the Lancashire coast any chance of survival had ebbed away for those still out at sea.
  The journey down wasn't too bad and I only started to notice the traffic as I crossed the Severn Bridge as dawn was breaking.
  Police cordoned off the area overnight and as dawn broke, forensic investigations began at the crime scene.
  As day broke, the eyes of news outlets were focused on New Orleans, the biggest city threatened by the storm and the city with the biggest potential for disaster.
  Dawn was breaking, and the pale pink sunrise brushed its fingers of light over everything.
  When dawn began to break, I guarded the controls and let my pilot continue with the approach.
  As day broke, the sun came out, and so did the insects.
  Dawn broke and weak light filtered over the horizon.
  Daylight began to break, as tired pastel rays of sunlight fell upon Anna's face.
- 3.2(change)
  (weather) cambiar
  his voice is breaking — le está cambiando / mudando la voz
  his voice broke — se le entrecortó la voz
- 3.3(become known)
  (story) hacerse público
  (scandal) estallar
  (scandal) hacerse público
  He is said to have been regularly in tears since news of the scandal broke.
  Since news of the scandal broke, the company has been forced to fire two of its executives and to demand the resignation of its chairman.
  A federal investigator was on campus within 48 hours after news broke about the scandal.
  Members of the club's senior team were on route to Athenry for the match when news of the tragedy broke.
  Some of the women were released after the scandal broke.
  When news of the riots broke, there was obviously significant coverage given to the story by UK broadcast media.
  News of the latest scandal broke on Sunday, just weeks after South Africa won the right to stage the 2010 soccer World Cup.
  At home in Harrogate, Leon's mother watched as news of the disaster broke, knowing of her son's plan to dive on Boxing Day.
  When the news broke on Wednesday, the Treasury took refuge in the fact that it was budget day to excuse the fact that it had nothing to say.
  Later, when the tragic news broke, we agreed to put on the fundraising event.
  Once the news broke, emails and phone calls started pouring in from well-wishers.
  I am angrier today than I was when this scandal broke.
  ‘It's amazing that until this news broke there was no talk about the Olympic Games,’ he said.
  The news broke that London would host the Olympic Games.
  Anyone who was around at that time but not directly involved in the madness can remember where they were and what they were doing when the shocking news broke.
  Indeed, the Presidential Palace has remained notably tight-lipped since the scandal broke.
  Yet from the moment the story broke every paper seems to be finding multiple sources who are willing to talk freely about minute details of the case.
  When the revelations regarding his alleged misconduct broke, the paper clearly felt itself under immense pressure.
  That morning a story had broken in the papers that made the former Premier the journalistic prey of the day.
  After the story broke, leading papers including the New York Times picked it up.
4
(strike)
(wave/surf) romper
the waves were breaking against the sea wall — las olas rompían contra el dique
- Even in calm seas, the waves breaking over a reef are dangerous.
- Turning his face towards the sea, he watched the low waves breaking on the sea wall.
- His pace was brisk and he did not seem to appreciate the music of the sea waves breaking against the parapet.
- In creative visualization, the meditator forms a mental picture that conveys relaxation, such as waves breaking gently on the sand.
- It's like going out into the sea and letting the waves break over you.
- Waves broke against the dark rocks to her left, and foamed and swirled like a jacuzzi.
- Waves broke constantly over the deck, washing whole groups of terrified passengers overboard.
- These waves break far from the shore, and the surf gently rolls over the front of the wave.
- As each wave breaks over the sand, it brings in a fresh cargo of wriggling fish to the shore.
- The waves sparkled as they broke against the sea wall.
- They could see huge waves breaking over the main harbour and tossing ships about like tiny corks.
- We were standing near the beach watching the embers of someone else's fire and listening to waves break on the shingle.
- The beach is wide and large and the waves break far out.
- The image most people have of a tsunami is a large, steep wave breaking on the shore.
- The wave breaks over my head, but I'm still upright.
- It is a bit windy but the waves are breaking nicely.
- Standing on the cliff, you see the waves breaking at the shore down below.
- The waves break on the rocky shoreline as the tide comes in.
- We were told that in the very worst weather, the waves broke over the dunes and splashed the windows.
- It is void of any traffic at this hour, with - the waves out there have begun to break further and further out.
5
(adjourn)
parar
hacer una pausa
to break for lunch/dinner — parar para almorzar/cenar
6
(open)
(shotgun/revolver) abrirse
7
(move, shift)
trasladarse
the action then breaks to Budapest — entonces la acción se traslada a Budapest
8EEUU coloquial
(happen)
→ even
things are breaking well for me at the moment — me están saliendo bien las cosas en este momento
9
(in snooker, pool)
abrir el juego
- In each rack, you break, spot anything that went in, and take cueball in hand to begin the frame.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan breaks to get the final underway but the opening frame proves a scrappy affair lasting half-an-hour.
- He breaks and sits down without looking where the balls have spread.
- He breaks hard, shoots straight, and has no fear… how is he out of the tournament?

nombre

1
- 1.1(intermission)
  Radio Televisión pausa (comercial) femenino
  Teatro intervalo masculino
  Teatro entreacto masculino
  Teatro intermedio masculino
  A moment later, the break bell rang.
  Infant teachers who read it aloud in class were begged to continue when the bell rang for break.
  Just as she began to mull over this new development, the bell rang for first break.
  The bell rang for break time, it seemed, in record time this morning.
  The one thing she didn't like about being a teacher was grading papers over break.
  The ten-year-old has been selling tickets to her classmates during her lunch break at St Anne Line school in Wickhay, Basildon.
  I think I had wept all the tears out of me during second period and break and lunch.
  Her stomach was full of butterflies, because first period was about to let out for break.
  I looked for you every chance I got, and saw you at break after second period.
  And I really find that I put so much into it when I am painting that I have to take a break from it.
  Taking a break from signing autographs, he seemed pleased with the way things had gone.
  Students come here to eat, drink and take a break from school work.
  The students have been urged to take a break from revision.
  We usually manage to get through another few cups as the day goes on, as a boost for flagging energy levels, perhaps, or an excuse to take a break from work.
  Many parents worry that their kids won't return to their studies after taking a break from them.
  I needed a break from studying.
  When I take a break from studying and go online, I'm still doing something stimulating.
  Stopping staff having a quick surf on the Web will probably only result in more chatting around the company coffee machine or extended loo breaks.
  When you see a colleague struggling, walk him to the vending machine for a break.
  Having set up the venue themselves, they left for a break but on their return found the hall locked again.
  Stressed-out homemakers can now take a break and leave the iron in the closet.
  The Maltese weather and lifestyle also call for afternoon breaks, when shop owners close and the island people rest.
  Usually I read the papers on line at lunch break, and read the print version in the pub after work.
  Doing the shopping could be as easy as picking up an order that you mailed ahead during a lunch break.
  This enables more efficient scheduling of breaks, meetings and training sessions, further optimizing agents' schedules.
  At the end of the day the High Court had to take into account the fact that teachers need a break too.
  On Saturday morning, a woman visits the family home for about four hours in order to give the parents a brief break.
  Advise the patient to minimise time spent with flexed or extended wrists and to take frequent breaks.
  The clientele were predominantly student-types and twentysomethings, some working, others just taking a break.
- 1.2(rest period)
  descanso masculino
  (at school) recreo masculino Britanico
  let's take a break — tomémonos un descanso
  we have a coffee break at 11 — a las 11 paramos para tomar un café
  we worked without a break — trabajamos sin parar / descansar
- 1.3(holiday, vacation)
  vacaciones femenino
  Christmas/summer break — vacaciones de Navidad/verano
  While the number of Irish holidaymakers enjoying short breaks or full-week stays in the region was up, there was a drop-off in visitors from abroad.
  I know that people travel from far and wide to enjoy short breaks and long holidays in our beautiful and historic city.
  People are taking shorter holidays so city breaks are more popular.
  If you're planning a short weekend break to Amsterdam, there are a lot of places you shouldn't miss.
  It's time to consider some time off and we're thinking about a short break to Germany.
  Weekend breaks are available for about £160 for a double room for two nights.
  It was a relaxing break and well needed respite for both of us.
  They have put together three different kinds of good-value breaks.
  Cities Direct promises a uniquely different time with breaks to Belgium.
  The couple went on a break to Paris in September 2002, but split up within a fortnight of their return, jurors heard.
  He is delighted to be back, but he did enjoy his break very much, and the weather suited him very well.
  He also stressed that the bad weather might afford people the opportunity to avail of cheap breaks within the region.
  With the recent weather conditions and the Christmas break they have had a well earned rest.
  She said they feared Chinese students going home for the Easter break could become infected and pass on the virus when they returned to college.
  Will people want to honour her, as they did then, or will the extended bank holiday designated for this purpose simply pass off as a pleasant break?
  Then on Monday schools in the Paris region returned from their Easter break, and young students marched out of classes in their tens of thousands.
  So the summer break seemed an ideal opportunity to visit the outlaws, my partner's parents, and brush up on the German.
  Bryan, who is son of Michael and Carmel Reidy, went to New York in the early 1980s on a summer break from college.
  We look forward to organising similar activities during the summer break.
  All I plan to do is enjoy my summer break and wait and see what happens.
- 1.4(change, respite)
  cambio masculino
  break from sth
  I need a break from all this
  a welcome break — un cambio refrescante
- 1.5(in transmission)
  interrupción femenino
  corte masculino
  A dead light-bulb is a break in the circuit, so that will also stop the current.
  A switch is a break in the circuit that stops the electrons from flowing.
  The break in the electric circuit had not been closed by pressure on the trip wire.
2
- 2.1(gap)
  interrupción femenino
  Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach.
  Eventually there came a break in the cloud below and I spotted a reservoir which I thought I recognized from a previous flight.
  On the opposite shore, I could make out a small railway bridge through a break in the trees.
  The saplings can survive for decades in the shade, waiting for a break in the canopy and a chance to join their relatives in the sunlight.
  A break in the crowd gave me a full view of her as she stepped briskly down the steps, with her small square leather bag in her hand.
  We are taught from a young age to look both ways and to wait for a break in the traffic before crossing a street.
- 2.2(in circuit)
  ruptura femenino
  corte masculino
3
(fracture)
fractura femenino
rotura masculino
- For instance, if the break is clean and not frayed, he knows the frame has been knocked off the wall.
- The bird had a fractured leg where breaks commonly occur in leg trap injuries.
- In severe breaks, the broken bone may be poking through the skin.
- I could see Rachel had severe breaks to both her legs and my wife was lying motionless.
- The seven breaks to his leg have been pinned and wired and his leg fitted is with a metal frame.
- She has been in intensive care at the hospital ever since, suffering horrendous breaks to her left leg, pelvis, ribs and shoulder.
- He is set to miss the rest of the season after sustaining a serious break to his right leg.
- He sustained a double break to his leg.
- I was looking for breaks and bleeding, but there weren't any.
- Troops demonstrated their first aid skills, showing Prince Charles how they have been learning to cope with dislocations and breaks.
- He suffered several breaks on both feet and legs, hips, pelvis and left arm.
- He thought he had only sprained an ankle but doctors at a local clinic took several x-rays and told him he had suffered a break.
- He knew that the pain in the shoulder and arm meant at least sprains, if not dislocations and breaks.
- Over time, the area of detachment increases as more fluid passes through the retinal break.
- Use an electric shaver instead of a razor to prevent breaks or cuts in your skin.
- Railroad officials plan to replace eight miles of track after test results Thursday showed internal cracks and breaks not apparent by visual inspection.
- A bone break or crack occurs when a force deforms the bone beyond its normal elastic limit.
- The City sent out a crew to repair the break, and a temporary patch was applied to the hole.
- Thus, these pipes need frequent examination in case of sudden breaks.
- After a bone fracture, new bone cells fill the gap and repair the break.
4coloquial
(chance, opportunity)
oportunidad femenino
he never got a decent break — nunca se le presentó una buena oportunidad
- she's still looking for a break — todavía está esperando que le cambie la suerte
- For a young person like Jane, getting a break - an opportunity to prove her talent - is a huge issue.
- The story that got me my break was published in an anthology by Vintage.
- Those who pass out from her academy will be guaranteed an acting break.
- It's an unconventional way of working which seems to have brought him plenty of acclaim at the same time as giving other artists their breaks.
- He is a former policeman who got his first breaks in business through contracts with the police and military.
- After attending workshops with the dancers for many months, he finally got his break.
- The aspiring singer-dancer-actor got his break as a replacement in Hair.
- He got his break in 1944 with When Strangers Marry, a film noir and eventually a cult classic.
- There were stints as a trainee barman, as a telegram boy, and in a men's clothes shop before he got his break at 17.
- My break came in the late 1960s, when I was a senior project manager at JC Penney.
5
(separation, rift)
ruptura femenino
a break between the superpowers — una ruptura (de relaciones) entre las superpotencias
- he made a break with his past life — rompió / cortó con su pasado
- a break with tradition — una ruptura con la tradición
- This represented a break with 1900 years of complete Christian consensus.
- In a break with tradition, the Welsh Rugby Union has decided to make tickets for Six Nations matches available to the general public via their internet site.
- We may need to make a break with the past and with past evidence.
- Since this break from the rules and formalities of European culture, Americans have never looked back.
- The filmmakers were making a break from the ironclad Soviet cinematic ideology.
- All in all, his break from his instrumental past proves moving and well judged.
6
- 6.1(sudden move)
  he made a break for cover/the door — corrió a refugiarse/hacia la puerta
  He said it was possible that weapons used in the prison break could have been introduced to the property through the gaping fence.
  When local residents expressed concern after the prison break, the company simply shrugged it off.
  Up to this point, two-thirds of the way in, the focus of the film was the actual prison break.
  One American soldier was injured in the attempted prison break.
  A dispatcher at the County Jail foiled an attempted break by as many as five men from the fourth-floor maximum security cell block.
- 6.2(breakaway)
  contraataque masculino
  In the first half he made several breaks to launch English attacks.
  A single striker was aided by breaks from the wide players whenever they dared.
  They combined as early as the third minute, a break by the scrum half putting Dixon through a gap to score.
  Inside the first three minutes of the second half Arsenal had the lead from one of their fine breaks.
  The scrum-half made several telling breaks to earn the Man-of-the-Match award.
  Although Newcastle dominated much of the action, early breaks by second row Chris Jones provided a hint of what might be to come later.
  A fine break by the full back saw him brought down illegally when a certain try for the visitors looked on.
  Jones converted, and then raced clear to the corner following a fine break by Judge.
  He missed a simple looking penalty before making the break that put his team on the attack.
  He finished off a fine break by Hodgson to score at the posts and Hodgson added the conversion.
  On eleven minutes, prop Alistair Livesey plunged over from a break by number eight Andy Monighan, converted by Jones.
  By simply pushing the pace of the game, a faster team can create enough breaks to change the outcome of a game.
  For the Cougar faithful he brought back memories of Martin Wood, a player capable of making vital breaks, drawing the defence and creating space for his team mates to exploit.
  They were already showing signs of taking control, with flowing passes and rapid breaks from midfield.
  They looked certain to score again when he made a swift break but the final pass went into touch.
  He made a break and passed the ball inside.
  It would open up the ice for a big play, the long pass and a quick break.
  The fly half made the break, but his pass was ruled forward.
  He made a superb break only for the final pass to go astray.
  He made a fine break but fumbled the pass.
7
(escape)
fuga femenino
evasión femenino formal
8
(in snooker, pool)
tacada femenino
serie femenino
- After scoring a break of 118 in the opening frame yesterday, he lost the next on black.
- Equally, rather than widen pockets and make it easier for players to shoot consistently higher breaks, snooker's governing body have actually done the opposite.
- He managed to knock in two century breaks - and a 62 for good measure - and was still outscored by his opponent.
- The world champion rattled in three century breaks to overcome the Welshman, including a 142 clearance in frame seven.
- The Scot said he was frustrated by his inconsistency despite a comprehensive win and two 130-plus breaks.
9
(solo)
solo masculino
- She is a fine pianist, straddling jazz, pop and classical styles, and the instrumental breaks on her debut album are solid.
- The song, with the addition of a long instrumental solo break, drove the lyrical quality of the song to the heart.
- Tracks on the album tend to feature brief lyric verses interspersed with longer instrumental breaks.
- Some of the songs are also too long and would benefit from shorter instrumental breaks.
- Also included is some of the music whose breaks and bridges formed the basis for this new music.
10
(in tennis)
ruptura femenino
quiebre masculino
- He is a model of calmness on court in the third set and secures the crucial break of serve in game seven
- The 22-year-old crawled back to 3-4 with a service break in the seventh game.
- The final set was decided by a single break of serve in the ninth game, achieved with a spectacular running forehand down the line.
- She managed to pull off a decisive break of serve in the 11th game, and kept her nerves cool to get the job done in the next one.
- Both men refused to yield in a dead-level opening set completed without a single break of serve.
11EEUU coloquial
(discount)
descuento masculino