quebrada - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

gill   or: ghyll (Brit.)   - ravine	la quebrada
canyon [GEOG.]	la quebrada
gorge   - deep valley with straight sides [GEOG.]	la quebrada
ravine   - narrow valley with steep sides [GEOG.]	la quebrada
cutting (Brit.)   - passage cut through rock [GEOL.]	la quebrada   - paso estrecho entre montañas
shortcrust (pastry) [COOK.]	masa quebrada

Verbs

to break (sth.)  | broke, broken |	quebrarse
to break down   - be overcome by emotion	quebrarse   - por la emoción
to fail  | failed, failed | [TECH.]   - not succeed	quebrarse
to bankrupt  | bankrupted, bankrupted |	quebrar
to become bankrupt	quebrar
to burst off	quebrarse
to collapse  | collapsed, collapsed |	quebrarse
to flaw  | flawed, flawed |	quebrarse
to fracture  | fractured, fractured |	quebrarse
to fracture (sth.)  | fractured, fractured |   also  [TECH.]	quebrarse
to rupture  | ruptured, ruptured |	quebrarse
to shatter  | shattered, shattered |	quebrarse
to snap (sth. ⇔ ) off	quebrarse
to drop  | dropped, dropped |	quebrarse

Phrases / Collocations

to bankrupt so.  | bankrupted, bankrupted |

llevar a alguien a la quiebra

Examples

The glass broke when it hit the floor.	El cristal se quebró cuando tocó el suelo.
The branch broke under the weight of the snow.	La rama se quebró bajo el peso de la nieve.

Orthographically similar words

quebrado

Related search terms

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