quebrar
/keˈbɾaɾ/ verb B1- to break, to snap, to shatter (to smash or rupture)
- to break (often in legal contexts), violate a law
- to bend, flex or twist
- to fail; to go broke; to become bankrupt; to go out of business; to crash, to go bust, to go under (used in political, economic and business/financial/investment contexts)
- to break up
- to kill
- to crack, to break, to shatter (putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility)
- to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- quebrar
- Gerund
- quebrando
- Past participle
- quebrado
- Present (yo)
- quiebro
- Preterite (yo)
- quebré
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
la palabra quebrada y temblorosa.
quebrado el primer albor.
y en las quiebras de valles y barrancas
—¡Viva mi amo y señor, el duque Meñique!—gritó el gigante, con una voz que puso azules de miedo a los cortesanos, quebró el estuco del techo, e hizo saltar los vidrios de las seis ventanas.
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