broken

roto

broken(bro-kihn)

adjective

1. (fragmented)

a. roto

His broken foot prevented him from playing in the game.

El pie roto le impidió jugar en el partido.

b. quebrado

(Latin America)

We can't use the shovel with the broken handle.

No podemos usar la pala con el mango quebrado.

2. (emotionally distraught)

a. destrozado

After the divorce, you could see he was a broken man.

Después del divorcio, se veía que era un hombre destrozado.

3. (not functioning)

a. estropeado

My sewing machine is broken so I'll have to sew it by hand.

Mi máquina de coser está estropeada, así que tendré que coserlo a mano.

b. averiado

We replaced the broken computer with a new one.

Reemplazamos la computadora averiada con una nueva.

4. (full of mistakes)

a. chapurreado

She could only speak broken English.

No hablaba más que un inglés chapurreado.

broken

adjective

1. (object, bone, promise)

a. roto(a)

2. (ground, surface)

a. accidentado(a)

3. (fig)

a. destrozado(a) (person, heart)

in a broken voicecon la voz quebrada

to speak broken Englishchapurrear inglés

broken homehogar deshecho or roto

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broken [ˈbrəʊkən]

verb:participle:past

break

adjective

1 [+object] roto; quebrado; (LAm) [+bone] roto; fracturado; [+skin] cortado

"do not use on broken skin" "no aplicar si hay cortes o heridas en la piel"; he sounds like a broken record parece un disco rallado

At the hospital Magda repeats to everyone, like a broken record, that she and her daughter are both pregnant At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must extend my sincere thanks to ...

2 (not working) [+machine] estropeado; averiado

The coffee machine's broken

3 (uneven) [+road surface] accidentado

4 (ruined) [+health, spirit] quebrantado; [+heart] roto; destrozado

to die of a broken heart morir de pena

...a young woman whose mother had died of a broken heart after the arrest of her husband I would probably have died from a broken heart longing for my children

broken in health deshecho; muy decaído; a broken man un hombre deshecho; a broken reed una persona quemada

5 (interrupted) [+line] quebrado; [+voice] entrecortado; [+sleep] interrumpido; [+cloud] fragmentario

The moon was veiled in broken cloud through which, from time to time, shone piercing shafts of pale greenish light The sun was shining fitfully from behind the broken cloud

he speaks broken English chapurrea el inglés; she had a broken night durmió mal, despertándose a cada momento

6 (failed) [+marriage] deshecho

a broken home una familia dividida

7 [+promise] roto; quebrantado