quebrantar
/kebɾanˈtaɾ/ verb C1- to break (physically)
- to break (e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power)
- to break, to breach (e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle)
- to break down, to be broken (typically used figuratively)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- quebrantar
- Gerund
- quebrantando
- Past participle
- quebrantado
- Present (yo)
- quebranto
- Preterite (yo)
- quebranté
From the library
Volviendo poco á poco del quebranto,
Forcejeando ansiosamente, acerté con la brecha; agarréme a los quebrantados carámbanos de los bordes, que cedían en parte a la presión de mis manos, y, en fin, en virtud de supremo esfuerzo conseguí sacar la cabeza y resollar.
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