| Principal Translations |
| crack n | (split) (AmL) | rajadura nf |
| | | grieta nf |
| | When I was young, I tried not to step on cracks in the sidewalk. |
| | Cuando era niño trataba de no pisar las rajaduras en la acera. |
| crack n | (loud, sharp sound) | chasquido nm |
| | That sounded like the crack of a rifle! |
| | ¡Eso sonó como el chasquido de un rifle! |
crack,
crack cocaine n | informal (drug: cocaine) (droga) | crack nm |
| | Cyrus was arrested for dealing crack. |
| | Arrestaron a Cyrus por vender crack. |
| crack⇒ vi | (be broken) | romperse⇒ v prnl |
| | | rajarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | agrietarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | resquebrajarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Kate dropped the bowl and it cracked into two pieces. |
| | A Kate se le cayó el bowl y se rompió en dos pedazos. |
| crack vi | (be damaged, leaving lines) | agrietarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The wall cracked in the earthquake, but the house was still standing. |
| | La pared se agrietó durante el terremoto pero la casa sigue en pie. |
| crack [sth]⇒ vtr | (damage, leaving lines) | rajar⇒ vtr |
| | | agrietar⇒ vtr |
| | I've cracked my car's windscreen. |
| | Rajé la ventana de mi auto. |
| crack [sth] vtr | (break, split) | romper⇒ vtr |
| | | rajar⇒ vtr |
| | | agrietar⇒ vtr |
| | Jenny cracked her head on the table as she fell. |
| | Jenny se rompió la cabeza contra la mesa cuando se cayó. |
| crack⇒ vtr | informal (solve: mystery or puzzle) | resolver⇒ vtr |
| | Sherlock Holmes always found the guilty party; he cracked every case. |
| | Sherlock Holmes siempre encontraba al culpable, resolvía todos los casos. |
| crack vtr | informal (decipher: code) | descifrar⇒ vtr |
| | Alan Turing and his team cracked the Enigma code in World War II. |
| | Alan Turing y su equipo descifraron el código Enigma en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. |
| Additional Translations |
| crack adj | informal (expert) | experto/a adj |
| | Annie Oakley began shooting when she was eight and was a crack shot by the time she was fifteen. |
| | A crack reporter uncovered the scandal. |
| | Annie Oakley empezó a disparar a los ocho y era una tiradora experta a los quince. |
| crack vi | figurative, informal (person: give in to pressure) | quebrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | They tried to force him to tell the secret, but he didn't crack. |
| | Trataron de obligarlo a que diga el secreto pero él no se quebró. |
| crack vi | (whip: make snapping sound) | chascar⇒, chasquear⇒ vi |
| | | dar un chasquido loc verb |
| | The whip cracked, and the oxen began to move. |
| | El látigo chascó y los bueyes empezaron a moverse. |
| crack vi | (voice: break abruptly) (voz) | quebrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Lizzy's voice cracked as she told her brother the awful news. |
| | La voz de Lizzie se quebró cuando le dijo a su hermano las malas noticias. |
| crack vi | (hydrocarbons: decompose) | craquearse⇒ v prnl |
| | | quebrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The hydrocarbons in the fuel crack at high temperatures, turning into more useful compounds. |
| | Los hidrocarburos en la gasolina se craquean a altas temperaturas, convirtiéndose en compuestos más útiles. |
| crack [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (say, utter: joke) (chiste) | contar⇒ vtr |
| | | decir⇒ vtr |
| | Johanna wanted to have a serious discussion, but Jim kept cracking jokes. |
| | Johanna quería tener una conversación seria, pero Jim no paraba de contar chistes. |
| crack [sth] vtr | (flick: whip) | chascar⇒, chasquear⇒ vtr |
| | The coachman cracked the whip, and the horses went faster. |
| | El entrenador chascó el látigo y los caballos fueron más rápido. |
| crack [sth] vtr | (chemistry: break down hydrocarbons) | craquear⇒ vtr |
| | | quebrar⇒ vtr |
| | High temperatures are needed to crack hydrocarbon molecules. |
| | Se necesitan altas temperaturas pàra craquear moléculas de hidrocarburos. |
Locuciones verbales
crack | cracking |
crack [sth] apart,
crack apart [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (break open or in two) | romper en dos loc verb |
| | | partir en dos loc verb |
| crack down vi phrasal | informal (enforce laws) | ponerse más estricto loc verb |
| | | tomar medidas enérgicas loc verb |
| | (figurado, coloquial) | aplicar mano dura loc verb |
| | | ajustar las riendas loc verb |
| | The police will no longer tolerate public drunkenness; they're going to crack down. |
| | La policía ya no va a tolerar la ebriedad en público, van a ponerse más estrictos. |
| crack down on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (not tolerate) | tomar medidas contra loc verb |
| | | ponerse duro con loc verb |
| | | ponerse serio con loc verb |
| | The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| | El director está empezando a tomar medidas contra las ausencias injustificadas. |
| crack down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (punish) | acabar con vtr + prep |
| | | castigar a vtr + prep |
| | Every holiday, police set up checkpoints to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| | En las fiestas, la policía pone puestos de control para acabar con los conductores ebrios. |
| crack on vi phrasal | (sailboat: use sails under high wind) (navegación) | usar las velas con viento fuerte loc verb |
| crack on vi phrasal | (powered boat: travel fast in bad weather) | ir rápido con mal tiempo loc verb |
| crack on vi phrasal | informal, UK (do [sth] without delay) | darle v prnl |
| | (coloquial, trabajo) | sacar⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | arrancar⇒, empezar⇒ vtr |
| | If we want to get this house cleared today, we'd better crack on. |
| | Quiero terminar esta casa hoy, así que vamos a darle. |
| crack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (laugh) | desternillarse de risa loc verb |
| | | descostillarse de la risa loc verb |
| | | partirse de risa loc verb |
| | (ES: vulgar) | descojonarse⇒ v prnl |
| Note: A hyphen or single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | It was so funny I cracked up. |
| | Fue tan gracioso que me desternillé de risa. |
| crack [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (make laugh) (coloquial) | hacer que alguien se muera de risa loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | hacer que alguien se parta de risa loc verb |
| | The joke he told really cracked me up. |
| | El chiste que me contó hizo que me muriera de risa. |
| crack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (have mental breakdown) | tener una crisis nerviosa loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | darle a uno un patatús loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | darle a uno un surmenage loc verb |
| | I haven't slept for days, I'm close to cracking up. |
| | Hace días que no duermo, estoy a punto de tener una crisis nerviosa. |
| | Hace días que no duermo, estoy a punto de que me dé un patatús. |