To break/crack in Spanish 🇪🇸

quebrar info.

Tips to remember “quebrar”:
– Associate “quebrar” with the physical act of breaking something like a stick or bone, which makes a similar sound to “quebrar.”
– The English counterpart “break” shares a “br” sound with “quebrar,” helping you link the two.
– Think of “quebrar” as “to make something bankrupt,” connecting to the financial term “bankruptcy,” since “quebrar” can also mean to go broke or bankrupt.

Explanations:
– “Quebrar” is a Spanish verb used to express the action of breaking or fracturing something. It can also be used to indicate failing or going bankrupt in a business context.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Romper (to break, to tear)
– Fracturar (to fracture)
– Destrozar (to destroy or to smash)

“Quebrar” is an infinitive verb; here are its conjugations in different tenses:

Present:
– yo quiebro
– tú quiebras
– él/ella/usted quiebra
– nosotros/nosotras quebramos
– vosotros/vosotras quebráis
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quiebran

Preterite (simple past):
– yo quebré
– tú quebraste
– él/ella/usted quebró
– nosotros/nosotras quebramos
– vosotros/vosotras quebrasteis
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quebraron

Imperfect past:
– yo quebraba
– tú quebrabas
– él/ella/usted quebraba
– nosotros/nosotras quebrábamos
– vosotros/vosotras quebrabais
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quebraban

Future:
– yo quebraré
– tú quebrarás
– él/ella/usted quebrará
– nosotros/nosotras quebraremos
– vosotros/vosotras quebraréis
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quebrarán

Conditional:
– yo quebraría
– tú quebrarías
– él/ella/usted quebraría
– nosotros/nosotras quebraríamos
– vosotros/vosotras quebraríais
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quebrarían

Present subjunctive:
– yo quiebre
– tú quiebres
– él/ella/usted quiebre
– nosotros/nosotras quiebremos
– vosotros/vosotras quiebréis
– ellos/ellas/ustedes quiebren

Examples of sentences using “quebrar”:
– El acróbata cayó mal y se quebró la pierna. (The acrobat fell badly and broke his leg.)
– La empresa empezó a perder dinero y terminó quebrando. (The company started losing money and ended up going bankrupt.)
– Si doblas demasiado ese plástico, lo vas a quebrar. (If you bend that plastic too much, you’re going to break it.)
– Cada vez que oigo la palabra “quebrar,” me acuerdo de esa vajilla antigua que quebré por accidente. (Every time I hear the word “quebrar,” I remember that antique china I accidentally broke.)
– Durante la crisis económica, muchas familias quebraron. (During the economic crisis, many families went broke.)

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Don’t confuse with

quemar, to burn
quedar, to remain

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