quebrantar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: que‧bran‧tar
Verb
editquebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebrantei, past participle quebrantado)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of quebrantar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Spanish quebrantar, crebantar, from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editquebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebranté, past participle quebrantado)
- to break (physically)
- (figuratively) to break (e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power)
- (figuratively) to break, to breach (e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle)
- (reflexive) to break down, to be broken (typically used figuratively)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of quebrantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of quebrantar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
edit- dádivas quebrantan peñas
- inquebrantable
- quebrantaherraduras
- quebrantahuesos
- quebrantamiento
- quebrantar la ley (“to break the law”)
- quebrantar los mandamientos (“to break the commandments”)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “quebrantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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