Portuguese
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Etymology
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From Old Spanish quebrantar, crebantar, from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /kebɾanˈtaɾ/ [ke.β̞ɾãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: que‧bran‧tar
quebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebranté, past participle quebrantado)
- to break (physically)
- Synonyms: (Asturias) frañer, romper
- (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
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of quebrantar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive quebrantar
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dative
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quebrantarme
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quebrantarte
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quebrantarle, quebrantarse
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quebrantarnos
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quebrantaros
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quebrantarles, quebrantarse
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accusative
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quebrantarme
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quebrantarte
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quebrantarlo, quebrantarla, quebrantarse
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quebrantarnos
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quebrantaros
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quebrantarlos, quebrantarlas, quebrantarse
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with gerund quebrantando
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dative
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quebrantándome
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quebrantándote
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quebrantándole, quebrantándose
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quebrantándonos
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quebrantándoos
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quebrantándoles, quebrantándose
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accusative
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quebrantándome
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quebrantándote
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quebrantándolo, quebrantándola, quebrantándose
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quebrantándonos
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quebrantándoos
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quebrantándolos, quebrantándolas, quebrantándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative quebranta
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dative
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quebrántame
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quebrántate
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quebrántale
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quebrántanos
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not used
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quebrántales
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accusative
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quebrántame
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quebrántate
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quebrántalo, quebrántala
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quebrántanos
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not used
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quebrántalos, quebrántalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative quebrantá
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dative
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quebrantame
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quebrantate
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quebrantale
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quebrantanos
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not used
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quebrantales
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accusative
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quebrantame
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quebrantate
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quebrantalo, quebrantala
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quebrantanos
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not used
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quebrantalos, quebrantalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative quebrante
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dative
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quebránteme
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not used
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quebrántele, quebrántese
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quebrántenos
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not used
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quebránteles
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accusative
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quebránteme
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not used
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quebrántelo, quebrántela, quebrántese
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quebrántenos
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not used
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quebrántelos, quebrántelas
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with first-person plural imperative quebrantemos
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dative
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not used
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quebrantémoste
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quebrantémosle
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quebrantémonos
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quebrantémoos
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quebrantémosles
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accusative
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not used
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quebrantémoste
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quebrantémoslo, quebrantémosla
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quebrantémonos
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quebrantémoos
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quebrantémoslos, quebrantémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative quebrantad
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dative
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quebrantadme
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not used
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quebrantadle
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quebrantadnos
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quebrantaos
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quebrantadles
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accusative
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quebrantadme
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not used
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quebrantadlo, quebrantadla
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quebrantadnos
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quebrantaos
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quebrantadlos, quebrantadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative quebranten
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dative
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quebrántenme
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not used
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quebrántenle
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quebrántennos
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not used
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quebrántenles, quebrántense
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accusative
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quebrántenme
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not used
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quebrántenlo, quebrántenla
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quebrántennos
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not used
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quebrántenlos, quebrántenlas, quebrántense
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