La Palabra Del Dia: "quebrar"
quebrar ( keh-brahr' )
verb ( to break; to go bankrupt )
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1. Por segunda vez este mes, los niños del vecindario me quebraron una ventana jugando al béisbol.
For the second time this month, the neighborhood kids broke one of my windows playing baseball.
2. Me quedé sin trabajo después de que quebrara la empresa por la que trabajaba.
I ended up unemployed after the company I worked for went bankrupt.
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La policía tuvo que quebrar dentro de la casa porque sabían que había un asesino peligroso que debía ser capturado y llevado ante la justicia.
The police had to break inside of the house because they knew it was a dangerous murderer who must be captured and brought to justice.
Cuando recibió el premio se le quebró la voz.
When he received the award his voice broke.
Hay una superstición que si una muchacha quiebra un espejo no se casa durante siete años, de todos modos eso significa mala suerte, sobre todo porque es necesario recoger los fragmentos de vidrio .
There is a superstition that if a girl breaks a mirror she will not marry for seven years, anyhow that means bad luck, especially because it is necessary to gather the glass fragments.
In Josua 6:20, the israelites were able to break the walls of Jericho with a loud shout and sound of trumphets.
Enrique se cayó de su bici y se quebró una pierna.
Enrique fell off his bike and broke a leg.
Durante la crisis financiera mundial, la empresa de mi hermano quebró y ahora lucha económicamente.
During the world financial crisis, my brother's business went bankrupt and now he is struggling financially.
Sigue, toca el piano tan fuerte como quieras, no lo vas a quebrar.
Go ahead, play the piano as loud as you like, you´re not going to break it.
Quebraron miles de pequeños negocios.
Thousands of small businesses went bankrupt.
Tenga cuidado. Usted no quiere quebrarse una pierna.
Be careful. You don't want to break a leg.
Cuando el hombre entró en el cuarto donde Javier y los otros estudiantes estaban escribiendo su examen y cerró la puerta de un portazo, Javier quebró su concentración y olvidó contestar cinco preguntas.
When the man entered the room where Javier and the other students were writing their exam and slammed the door closed, Javier lost his concentration and forgot to answer five questions.
El defensa central argentino Mateo Musacchio se quebró el peroné y se pierde el resto de la temporada.
The Argentine central defender Mateo Musacchio broke his fibula and he will be out for the rest of the season.
No deje a su mascota en el coche. No quiero tener que quebrar la ventana.
Don't leave your pet in the car. I don't want to have to break the window.
Día tras día el cacareo del gallo quebró la tranquilidad de la madrugada, hasta que Michael decidió adiestrarlo usando un fusil para dispararle a las plumas de la cola la próxima vez que cacareara. Pero se le olvidó que cuando un gallo cacarea, la cabeza se traslada hacia atrás. Basta con decir que cenamos gallo aquel día.
Day after day the crow of the rooster shattered the tranquility of the early morning, until Michael decided to train it using a rifle to shoot its tail feathers the next time it crowed. But it slipped his mind that when a rooster crows, the head moves back. Suffice it to say that we dined on rooster that day.
Las cadenas muestaran relaciones, cuando quiebran, no se conectan nunca jamás.
The chains show relationships, when they break, do not connect never never.
El terrible estado de la economía de Grecia significa que el país entero puede quebrarse. Aunque la Unión Europea ha intervenido, la gente está sufriendo mucha pobreza.
The terrible state of the Greek economy means that the whole country could go bankrupt. Although the European Union has intervened, the people are suffering great poverty.
