Diff Ways to 'Break'

Question 1

Snap / Snapped

Answer 1

Break with noise (con un chasquido)
romper, chascar, partirse, quebrarse, ruido seco, chasquido…
- The rope that was holding on the hammock snapped.

Question 2

Shatter / Shattered

Answer 2

Broken in pieces, destroyed.

desmenuzado, hecho añicos (cristal, etc), destruido.

Question 3

Collapse / Collapsed

Answer 3

Desplomarse, derrumbarse, hundirse

The bridge collapsed due to the earthquarke.

Question 4

Burst

Answer 4

Estallar.
A lot of people would be hurt if the dam (presa) burst.
Estallar en, romper a.. (applause, tears..)
burst into tears - romperse a llorar
burst out laughing - partirse de risa, estallar en carcajadas. Laugh suddenly and loudy

Question 5

Cracked

Answer 5

rajado (cup, plates) agrietado (walls) cortado, agrietado (lips, skin) cascado (voice)..

• The bone’s not really broken, only cracked (el hueso no está rota en realidad, sólo tiene una fisura pequeña).
• I dropped one of your plates and cracked it.

Question 6

Popped

Answer 6

Burst. Explotar.
- The soap bubble popped after a few seconds. (La pompa de jabón explotó después de unos segundos)
- I’m sorry, I accidentally popped your balloon.
reventar (un globo, balón), pequeña explosión.

Question 7

Tear / Tore

Answer 7

Rasgar, arrancar, rajarse (tela, papel). Rasgón, desgarrón.

• she tore her skirt on some barbed wire (se hizo un desgarrón en la falda con un alambre de espino)
• There’s a tear in my jacket. (Hay una rasgadura en mi chaqueta).
• He tore the page from the book. (Él arrancó la página del libro)
• Someone tore (or ripped) a page out of the magazine.

Question 8

Rip / Ripped

Answer 8

(papel) rasgar, romper, (clothes) rasgar, desgarrar, roto, desgarre, desgarrón…
- She ripped her blouse (se le rasgó la blusa)
- Oh no! I ripped the sleeve of my shirt!

Rip up - tear to pieces (hacer pedazos)
- The guards ripped up his passport in front of him. (Los guardias hicieron pedazos su pasaporte delante de él).

Question 9

Rip / Ripped

Answer 9

(papel) rasgar, romper, (clothes) rasgar, desgarrar, roto, desgarre, desgarrón…
- She ripped her blouse (se le rasgó la blusa)

Rip up - tear to pieces (hacer pedazos)
- The guards ripped up his passport in front of him. (Los guardias hicieron pedazos su pasaporte delante de él).