break

Pronúncia: breɪk
    noun
  1. [breakage] trencament, ruptura.
  2. [in voice] gall.
  3. [in weather] canvi.
  4. [at billiards] partida.
  5. at break of day a l'alba.
  6. a break in a journey una parada.
  7. to work without a break treballar sense fer pauses, treballar seguit.

  8. [gap] obertura.
  9. [crack] esquerda.
  10. [on paper, etc.] espai en blanc
  11. [interruption] interrupció.
  12. [of time] interval.
  13. [in clouds] clariana.
  14. [holiday] vacances.
  15. [rest] descans, repòs.
  16. [at school] esbarjo, esplai.
  17. breaking continuity solució de continuïtat.
  18. you should have a break from time to time hauries de (reposar \ descansar \ fer una pausa) de tant en tant.

  19. [vehicle] brec, cotxe familiar.
  20. slang [good luck] bona sort.
  21. [bad luck] mala sort.
  22. [chance] oportunitat.

  23. [escape from prison] fuga.
  24. to make a break for it intentar escapar-se.
    25. transitive verb [preterite broke, past participle broken]
  25. trencar, rompre.
  26. Electricity tallar, treure.
  27. [new ground] emprimar, esbancar, rompre.
  28. [impact, fall] esmorteir, frenar.
  29. [horse] amansir, amansar, domar.
  30. [bank] fer saltar, arruïnar.
  31. [record] batre, millorar, superar.
  32. [code] desxifrar.
  33. [conspiracy] desfer.
  34. [silence, spell] trencar, rompre.
  35. [custom] deixar, deseixir-se de, trencar.
  36. [journey] interrompre.
  37. [appointment] no anar a, no acudir a, faltar a.
  38. [promise] trencar, rompre, no complir.
  39. Law violar, infringir.
  40. [rival] arruïnar.
  41. [someone's spirits] abatre, vèncer.
  42. to break someone of a habit fer deixar a algú el costum de.

  43. to break down [wall, etc.] tirar a terra, abatre, desbastir.
  44. (idem) [obstacle, barrier] vèncer, superar.
  45. (idem) [alibi] desmuntar, desfer, provar la falsedat de.
  46. (idem) [figures, etc.] analitzar, detallar, descompondre, classificar.
  47. (idem) Chemistry descompondre, canviar la composició de.

  48. to break in [shop, private house, etc.] esbotzar la porta de, forçar els panys de, obrir i entrar.
  49. their meeting was broken in upon by the arrival of the police l'arribada de la policia els va interrompre la reunió.

  50. to break off [piece] trencar, separar, partir.
  51. «aren't they getting married?», «no, they've broken it off» «no es casen?», «no, ho han deixat córrer» ».
  52. he broke off the pursuit va acabar la persecució.

  53. to break open forçar, esbotzar, obrir violentament.

  54. to break up trencar, esmicolar, esbocinar, concassar, trinxar.
  55. (idem) [ship, aircraft] desballestar.
  56. (idem) [crowd, demonstration, etc.] dispersar, dissoldre.
  57. (idem) [organization, meeting] dissoldre.
  58. (idem) [organization, meeting] dissoldre.
  59. (idem) [industry] desconcentrar.
  60. (idem) [estate] parcel·lar.
  61. (idem) [camp] desmuntar.
    62. intransitive verb
  62. trencar-se, rompre's, esmicolar-se, espoltrir-se.
  63. [machine] fer-se malbé.
  64. [boil] rebentar-se.
  65. [voice] canviar, fer el canvi.
  66. [singing voice] trencar-se.
  67. [bank] fer fallida.
  68. [day] apuntar, trencar-se.
  69. [heart, wave] trencar-se.
  70. [news] saber-se.
  71. [boxers] separar-se.

  72. to break away desprendre's, separar-se.
  73. (idem) [from guards] fugir, evadir-se.
  74. (idem) [runner] escapar-se, sortir del grup, destacar-se.
  75. (idem) [of country, province, region] independitzar-se, esdevenir independent, separar-se (from de).

  76. to break down Medicine perdre la salut, tenir un col·lapse.
  77. (idem) Automobiles etc. avariar-se, fer-se malbé.
  78. (idem) [machine] fer-se malbé.
  79. (idem) [person] posar-se a plorar.

  80. to break even sortir-ne sense guanyar ni perdre res, quedar igual.

  81. to break in [burglar] forçar (una porta \ una finestra \ etc).
  82. (idem) [in conversation] tallar, interrompre.
  83. to break into a run arrencar a córrer.

  84. to break off parar-se en sec, deixar de (parlar \ etc).
  85. (idem) aturar-se.

  86. to break out [war] esclatar.
  87. (idem) [fire] començar (a cremar) de sobte.
  88. (idem) [riot, argument] produir-se, sorgir.
  89. (idem) [noise] fer-se sentir.
  90. (idem) Medicine declarar-se.
  91. (idem) [exclaim] exclamar, cridar.
  92. (idem) [from prison] fugar-se, escapar-se.
  93. a mass of spots had broken out on her legs li havien sortit de cop molts grans a les cames.
  94. to break out into abuse començar a insultar.

  95. to break through [sun, moon] sortir.
  96. (idem) [inventor, scientist, etc.] fer una descoberta important
  97. to break through the sound barrier travessar la barrera del so.

  98. to break up esmicolar-se, esbocinar-se.
  99. (idem) [ice] fondre's, desfer-se, trencar-se.
  100. (idem) [meeting] acabar-se.
  101. (idem) [in disorder] dissoldre's.
  102. (idem) [crowd] dispersar-se, escampar-se.
  103. (idem) [school] acabar, tancar-se.