"Romper" or "Quebrarse"?

Question

I have been trying to write a sentence about the need to break the ties that bind, but for "break" these two words, "Romper" and "Quebrarse" seem interchangeable. I am wondering which should be used in which context, or are they interchangeable? Any help would be much appreciated!

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Answer 1

For "the ties that bind" or any relationship you can use either romperse or quebrarse or even cortarse. In this case they are synonomous.

For a business going out of business / bankrupt we use quebrarse.

For breaking anything into separate pieces we use either romper or quebrar.

For breaking something but not completely separating it as Astotxua suggests we use quebrar.

Thanks. Very clear. - gringojrf, Apr 30, 2016

Thank you Julian. - annierats, May 1, 2016

Answer 2

Romperse, I think.

Aunque ladren durante toda la noche por lo menos son fieles No Annie. ? ;) - 000a35ff, Apr 30, 2016

Será tu perro, Wolfie? - 005faa61, Apr 30, 2016

No,but he does wait like that if my husband isnot here, by tha gate,, for hours.. - annierats, May 1, 2016

Verdad, Asto, verdad. Son muy fieles, más que las mujeres. - annierats, May 1, 2016

Please se Julian and Asto's answers, they are much more knowledgable than I am. - annierats, May 1, 2016

Answer 3

Quebrar.

Broken but still joined

Thank you, I was only guessing. - annierats, May 1, 2016