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break off
| Babylon English-Spanish | Download this dictionary |
break off
tronchar, desgajar, romper, separar por completo, dejar sin acabar, suspender de pronto, romper relaciones
| English_Spanish by Jaime Aguirre | Download this dictionary |
break off
v.- romper | separar
| An English-Spanish Dictionary (Granada University, Spain), 14.4 | Download this dictionary |
break off1
(v.) = romper completamente, tronchar.
Ex: After cooling, the plate and mould were removed from the box and the plaster was broken off and discarded.
Ex: After cooling, the plate and mould were removed from the box and the plaster was broken off and discarded.
break off2
(v.) = descansar, detenerse, parar.
Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
