quebrar2

² = go + belly up, fold, go + bust, go into + liquidation.

Ex. Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.

Ex. By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms = A mediados de los ochenta, dos de las grandes compañías quebraron, pero fueron sustituidas por un puñado de pequeñas empresas independientes.

Ex. If fuel pump prices are reduced drastically many petrol station operators will go bust.

Ex. When a company goes into liquidation, the directors cease to have control of the company, and the liquidator takes over.

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* hacer quebrar = bankrupt.

* no quebrar = stay in + business.