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quebrar
quebrar
Galician
Verb
quebrar (first-person singular present quebro, first-person singular preterite quebrei, past participle quebrado)
- to break
- first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of quebrar
- first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of quebrar
Conjugation
Conjugation of quebrar
Synonyms
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese quebrar, Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ke.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨ.ˈβɾaɾ/
- Hyphenation: que‧brar
Verb
quebrar (first-person singular present indicative quebro, past participle quebrado)
- to break (to end up or cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
- to fracture a bone
- to break down (to stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether)
- to break (to do that which is forbidden by a rule, promise, etc.)
- to break (to ruin or be ruined financially)
- (of a wave) to break (collapse into surf)
- (figuratively) to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
- to break (to set a new record)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:quebrar.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb quebrar
Synonyms
- (to end up or cause to end up in pieces): arrebentar, despedaçar, estraçalhar, partir, romper
- (to fracture a bone): fraturar
- (to break down): danificar-se, estragar
- (to ruin or be ruined financially): falir
- (to beat up): arrebentar, estraçalhar, moer
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō (“crack, creak”).
Verb
quebrar (first-person singular present quiebro, first-person singular preterite quebré, past participle quebrado)
- (transitive) to break
- (transitive) to bend, flex or twist
- (intransitive) to go broke; to become bankrupt
- (intransitive) to break up
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_e-ie)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation e-ie)</a>
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive quebrar | |||||||
dative | quebrarme | quebrarte, quebrarle | quebrarle, quebrarse | quebrarnos | quebraros, quebrarles | quebrarles, quebrarse | |
accusative | quebrarme | quebrarte, quebrarlo, quebrarla | quebrarlo, quebrarla, quebrarse | quebrarnos | quebraros, quebrarlos, quebrarlas | quebrarlos, quebrarlas, quebrarse | |
with gerund quebrando | |||||||
dative | quebrándome | quebrándote, quebrándole | quebrándole, quebrándose | quebrándonos | quebrándoos, quebrándoles | quebrándoles, quebrándose | |
accusative | quebrándome | quebrándote, quebrándolo, quebrándola | quebrándolo, quebrándola, quebrándose | quebrándonos | quebrándoos, quebrándolos, quebrándolas | quebrándolos, quebrándolas, quebrándose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative quiebra | |||||||
dative | quiebrame | quiebrate, quiebrale | quiebrale | quiebranos | quiebraos, quiebrales | quiebrales | |
accusative | quiebrame | quiebrate, quiebralo, quiebrala | quiebralo, quiebrala | quiebranos | quiebraos, quiebralos, quiebralas | quiebralos, quiebralas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative quiebre | |||||||
dative | quiébreme | quiébrete, quiébrele | quiébrele, quiébrese | quiébrenos | quiébreles | quiébreles, quiébrese | |
accusative | quiébreme | quiébrete, quiébrelo, quiébrela | quiébrelo, quiébrela, quiébrese | quiébrenos | quiébrelos, quiébrelas | quiébrelos, quiébrelas, quiébrese | |
with first-person plural imperative quebremos | |||||||
dative | not used | quebrémosle | quebrémosle | quebrémonos | quebrémosles | quebrémosles | |
accusative | not used | quebrémoslo, quebrémosla | quebrémoslo, quebrémosla | quebrémonos | quebrémoslos, quebrémoslas | quebrémoslos, quebrémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative quebrad | |||||||
dative | quebradme | quebradle | quebradle | quebradnos | quebraos, quebradles | quebradles | |
accusative | quebradme | quebradlo, quebradla | quebradlo, quebradla | quebradnos | quebraos, quebradlos, quebradlas | quebradlos, quebradlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative quiebren | |||||||
dative | quiébrenme | quiébrente, quiébrenle | quiébrenle, quiébrense | quiébrenos | quiébrenles | quiébrenles, quiébrense | |
accusative | quiébrenme | quiébrente, quiébrenlo, quiébrenla | quiébrenlo, quiébrenla, quiébrense | quiébrenos | quiébrenlos, quiébrenlas | quiébrenlos, quiébrenlas, quiébrense |
Derived terms
- inquebrantable
- quebradero
- quebradizo
- quebrador
- quebraley
- quebramiento
- quebrantar
- quiebra
- quebrada
- quebradura
- quiebre