To break in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: rom-PER
IPA: /rom.’per/

7 months ago

Memory trick

Don’t break things while romping around

8 months ago

romper info.

Tips to remember the word ‘romper’:
– Associate ‘romper’ with ‘rupture’ or ‘broken’ to remember that it has to do with breaking something.
– Use the mnemonic of imagining a ‘romp’ (a playful or rowdy activity) that ends up breaking something, which helps relate ‘romper’ with breakage.

Explanations:
– ‘Romper’ is an infinitive verb in Spanish that means ‘to break’. It can refer to breaking something physical like a glass or abstract like a silence.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Quebrar: also means ‘to break’ and is often used interchangeably with ‘romper’.
– Fracturar: usually refers more specifically to breaking bones or fracturing hard materials.
– Destrozar: implies destroying or breaking into pieces, often used in a more severe or emotional context.

Different conjugations of ‘romper’:
– Infinitive: romper
– Present indicative: rompo, rompes, rompe, rompemos, rompéis, rompen
– Preterite (simple past): rompí, rompiste, rompió, rompimos, rompisteis, rompieron
– Imperfect (past): rompía, rompías, rompía, rompíamos, rompíais, rompían
– Future: romperé, romperás, romperá, romperemos, romperéis, romperán
– Conditional: rompería, romperías, rompería, romperíamos, romperíais, romperían
– Present subjunctive: rompa, rompas, rompa, rompamos, rompáis, rompan
– Imperfect subjunctive: rompiera/rompiese, rompieras/rompieses, rompiera/rompiese, rompiéramos/rompiésemos, rompierais/rompieseis, rompieran/rompiesen
– Imperative: rompe (tú), rompa (usted), romped (vosotros), rompan (ustedes)

Examples of sentences that use ‘romper’:
1. Present: Siempre rompo mis gafas jugando al fútbol. (I always break my glasses playing soccer.)
2. Preterite: Rompiste la ventana al jugar al béisbol. (You broke the window while playing baseball.)
3. Imperfect: Juan rompía una piñata en cada****pleaños. (Juan used to break a piñata at every birthday.)
4. Future: Romperemos la piñata después de la cena. (We will break the piñata after dinner.)
5. Conditional: Rompería el récord si entrenara más. (I would break the record if I trained more.)
6. Subjunctive: Espero que no rompas ese jarrón tan caro. (I hope you don’t break that expensive vase.)
7. Imperative: No rompas el silencio. (Don’t break the silence.)

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