quebrantar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to break physically
- (figuratively) to break e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power
- (figuratively) to break, to breach e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle
- (reflexive) to break down, to be broken typically used figuratively
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *crepantāre, crepans.
Origin
Latin
crepans
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *crepantāre Latin
- crepans Latin
- hueso Spanish, Castilian
- quebrantahuesos Spanish, Castilian
- quebrantar Portuguese