Phrasal verbs: To Break

El phrasal verb es una combinación de verbo + partícula (preposición / adverbio). La partícula hace cambiar el significado del verbo. En inglés se utilizan hasta 5.000 phrasal verbs.

Los verbos más utilizados en la formación de phrasal verbs son:

• to come, to get, to go, to look, to make, to put, to take.

Las partículas que suelen acompañar a estos verbos son:

• about, around, away, back, down, for, in, into, off, on, out, over, through, up, with.

Phrasal verbs: "To Break"

Atención:

(tr.): Transitivo, va acompañado de complemento directo

(intr.) Intransitivo, no lleva complemento directo

To break down (tr.): Derribar algo utilizando la fuerza

• The police broke down the door to get into the house

To break down (tr.): Dividir un total en diferentes subrgrupos

• Could you break down the total sales of your company into countries?

To break down (intr.): Derrumbarse una persona física o mentalmente

• When he heard about his father's death he broke down

To break down (intr.): Dejar una máquina de funcionar

• Last Sunday, coming back from the beach my car broke down

To break in (intr.) / into (tr.): entrar en un sitio utilizando la fuerza para robar

• The robbers broke into the bank during the night

To break in (intr.) / into (tr.): Interrumpir a alguien que está hablando de forma descortés (Inglés americano)

• When the teacher was explaining the lesson one student broke in with a stupid remark

To break off (tr. / intr.): Separar un trozo de algo

• A big branch broke off and fell onto the car

To break off (tr.): Romper un compromiso / unas negociaciones

• My company broke off its agreement with the local authorities

To break off (intr.): Parar de repente de hablar

• He was talking to us about his trip but suddenly broke off without any reason

To break out (intr.): Estallar (guerras, epidemias, fuego)

• The Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936

To break out (intr.): Escapar de prision

• Two very dangerous prisoners broke out of prison and disappeared

To break up (tr./intr.): destruir, desintegrar

• The rocket broke up when it entered the atmosphere

To break up (intr.): Finalizar (meeting, fiesta, curso escolar...) (Inglés americano)

• The meeting with our salesmen broke up at 2 o'clock in the morning