quebranto

m.

1 loss.

2 weakening, debilitation (debilitamiento).

3 grief (pena).

4 sorrow, pain.

5 violation.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: quebrantar.

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quebranto

► nombre masculino

1 figurado (desaliento) discouragement

2 figurado (lástima) pity

3 figurado (pérdida) severe loss; (daño) damage, harm

4 figurado (aflicción) grief, pain, sorrow

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SM

1) (=perjuicio) damage, harm

2) [de persona] (=agotamiento) exhaustion; (=depresión) depression; (=mala salud) broken health

3) (=aflicción) sorrow, affliction

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masculino

1) (liter) (aflicción, dolor) suffering

le causó penas y quebrantos — it caused him pain and suffering

2) (liter) (debilitación, daño)

el quebranto de sus esperanzas — the shattering of his hopes

ha sufrido repetidos quebrantos de salud — she has suffered a series of problems with her health

3) (Ven fam) (fiebre) mild o slight fever

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= shattering.

Ex. Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

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masculino

1) (liter) (aflicción, dolor) suffering

le causó penas y quebrantos — it caused him pain and suffering

2) (liter) (debilitación, daño)

el quebranto de sus esperanzas — the shattering of his hopes

ha sufrido repetidos quebrantos de salud — she has suffered a series of problems with her health

3) (Ven fam) (fiebre) mild o slight fever

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= shattering.

Ex: Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

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quebranto

masculine

A (liter)

(aflicción, dolor): le causó penas y quebrantos it caused him pain and suffering o pain and great sadness

el poema refleja este quebranto the poem reflects this pain o suffering

B (liter)

(debilitación, daño): el quebranto de sus esperanzas the shattering of his hopes

ha sufrido repetidos quebrantos de salud she has suffered a series of problems with her health

C (Ven fam) (fiebre) mild o slight fever, slight temperature (BrE)

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quebranto nm

1. [pérdida] loss;

la devaluación supuso un quebranto importante para la empresa the devaluation caused the company significant losses

2. [debilitamiento] weakening, debilitation

3. [pena] grief

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quebranto

m suffering

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quebranto nm

1) : break, breaking

2) aflicción: affliction, grief

3) pérdida: loss