| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| break n | slang (fortunate event) | doorbraak nw de |
| | Miranda went to Hollywood, looking for her big break. |
| break n | (gap) | gat nw het |
| | The children slipped through a break in the fence. |
| break n | (weather: change) | onderbreking nw de |
| | They are waiting for a break in the storm. |
| break n | (escape) | ontsnapping, uitbraak nw de |
| | There was a prison break this week. |
| break n | (rush to escape) (informeel) | sprintje nw het |
| | The guards weren't expecting the prisoners' break for the door. |
| break n | informal (relationship rupture) | breuk nw de |
| | Sam is heading for a break with his girlfriend. |
| break n | (voice change) | overslaande stem nw de |
| | The break in his voice is a sign of puberty, as he goes from bass to alto with no control. |
| break vi | (burst) | breken, barsten ww |
| | The water balloon broke. |
| break vi | (be disconnected) | verbreken ww |
| | The long-distance connection broke. |
| break vi | (stop) | stoppen, ophouden ww |
| | The meeting will break at noon. |
| break vi | (dawn) (zon, dag) | opkomen ww |
| | The dawn is about to break. |
| break vi | (health: fail) (gezondheid) | achteruit gaan ww |
| | His health broke after years of toil. |
| break vtr | (infringe) | overtreden over. ww |
| | The drag racers broke the speed limit. |
| break vtr | (annul) | beëindigen over. ww |
| | The actor wants to break his contract. |
| break vtr | (destroy) | kapot maken over. ww |
| | The boxer threatened to break his opponent. |
| break vtr | (set: remove a piece) | opbreken, uiteen halen over. ww |
| | The collector doesn't want to break the set. |
| break vtr | (money: give change) | wisselen over. ww |
| | | terug hebben van ww |
| | Can you break a dollar? |
| break vtr | (penetrate) | doorbreken over. ww |
| | The drill broke through the door of the safe. |
| break vtr | (decode) | kraken, ontcijferen over. ww |
| | The army is trying to break the enemy code. |
| break vtr | (escape) | ontsnappen uit over. ww |
| | The convicts broke jail. |
| break vtr | (sports: better a score) | verbeteren, breken over. ww |
| | Our team broke the record for number of games won. |
| break vtr | (bankrupt) | bankroet maken over. ww |
| | | kapot spelen over. ww |
| | The card shark broke the house. |
| break vtr | (baseball: curveball) | een curvebal gooien bij honkbal |
| | The pitcher broke a wicked curve that got the corner of the plate. |
| break vtr | (wear down) | breken over. ww |
| | The interrogation broke the soldier's spirit. |
| break vtr | (rupture) | breken, scheuren over. ww |
| | | boven water komen ww |
| | Bubbles broke the surface of the water. |
| break vtr | (solve) | oplossen, kraken over. ww |
| | No matter what I try, I can't break this problem. |
| break vtr | (animals: tame) | dresseren, temmen over. ww |
| | The cowboy tried to break the new stallion. |
| break vtr | (media: publish) | bekend maken over. ww |
| | A newspaper broke the story. |
| break vtr | (pool: scatter balls) | beginnen, afslaan ww |
| | When I play pool, I always like to break. |
| break vtr | (tennis) | breken over. ww |
| | The challenger broke his opponent's serve. |
| break vtr | (disprove) | onderuit halen over. ww |
| | The police broke his alibi. |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (enter by force) | inbreken onoverg.ww |
| | Criminals broke into the house. |
| Samengestelde woorden: |
begeven,
zich begeven onoverg.ww | (stukgaan) | break down vi phrasal |
| | | collapse vi |
| breken met mekaar onoverg. uitdr. | (liefde: relatie afbreken) | break up, split up vi phrasal |
| breken met mekaar onoverg. uitdr. | (niet meer met mekaar omgaan) | break off with vi phrasal + prep |
| breken van een staking onoverg. uitdr. | (staking proberen te stoppen) | break a strike v expr |
| buiten de lijntjes kleuren onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (iets doen dat niet echt toegelaten is) (figurative) | colour outside the lines v expr |
| | | break the rules v expr |
| de baard in de keel krijgen onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (stemverandering in de puberteit) | have your voice break v expr |
| | | have your voice change v expr |
| de bons geven overg. uitdr. | (liefde: relatie beëindigen) (fig., informal) | give someone the push v expr |
| | | break up with someone v expr |
| doorbreken overg.ww | ook figuurlijk (een weg banen door) | break through vi + prep |
| een belofte breken onoverg. uitdr. | (een belofte niet nakomen) | break a promise v expr |
| een belofte niet nakomen onoverg. uitdr. | (niet doen wat men belooft) | break a promise v expr |
| | | fail to keep a promise v expr |
| een pauze nemen onoverg. uitdr. | (pauseren) | take a break, have a break v expr |
| het ijs breken onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (gespannen sfeer opheffen) (figurative) | break the ice v expr |
| het ijs breken onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (de eerste stap zetten) (figurative) | break the ice v expr |
| in elkaar storten onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (v. persoon, psychisch) (figurative) | collapse vi |
| | (figurative) | break down vi phrasal |
| inbraak nw de | (diefstal) | burglary n |
| | | break in n |
| inbreken in ww+vz | letterlijk (van dief) | break into vi + prep |
| | | burgle vtr |
| maken of breken frase | figuurlijk (stimuleren of tegenwerken) (figurative) | make or break expr |
| quitte draaien onoverg. uitdr. | (break-even draaien) | break even vi + adv |
| scheiding nw de | (verbreking van het huwelijk) | divorce n |
| | | separation n |
| | | break-up n |
| uit elkaar gaan onoverg. uitdr. | (relatie: scheiden) (relationship) | break up, split up vi phrasal |
| | | separate vi |
| uit elkaar halen overg. uitdr. | (personen: laten stoppen met vechten) (fight) | break up vtr phrasal sep |
| uitbreken onoverg.ww | (ontsnappen) | break out vi phrasal |
| | | escape vi |
| vallen onoverg. ww | (hinder) | interrupt vtr |
| | | break in vtr phrasal insep |
| | Hij viel hem in de rede. |
| zomervakantie nw de | (lange vakantie in de zomer) | summer holiday, summer vacation,summer break n |
| | | summer holidays npl |
Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
break | broken | recess |
| break away vi phrasal | (become separate) | zich afscheiden, zich afsplitsen wk. ww |
| | | breken met, loskomen van ww. + vz |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| | Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| break away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (separate: from group) | zich afscheiden, zich afsplitsen wk. ww |
| | | breken met ww. + vz |
| | | weggaan onoverg.ww |
| | Several members broke away from the party to form their own extremist group. |
| break away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (detach, fall off) | afbreken onoverg. ww |
| | When Sue went to take her cakes out of the oven, the handle broke away from the door. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | kapot gaan, stuk gaan onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| | Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figuurlijk) | instorten onoverg.ww |
| | The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (deur) | intrappen overg.ww |
| | | slopen overg.ww |
| | (muur) | neerhalen, afbreken overg.ww |
| | The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| break [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) (v.e. stof) | afbreken overg.ww |
| | Alcohol wordt voornamelijk afgebroken door de lever. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) (figuurlijk) | opsplitsen overg.ww |
| | | analyseren overg.ww |
| | We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| break in vi phrasal | figurative (enter forcibly) | inbreken onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: hyphen used when term is a noun |
| break in vi phrasal | figurative (interrupt) | interrumperen overg.ww |
| | | in de rede vallen frase |
| | | onderbreken overg.ww |
| | Please excuse me for breaking in. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK (horse: tame, train) (paard) | dresseren overg.ww |
| | Matt breaks in horses for the racetrack. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | US (car, engine: run in, use when new) (auto) | inrijden overg.ww |
| | It's best to break the engine in slowly. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shoes: soften by wearing) (schoenen) | inlopen overg.ww |
| | It sometimes takes time to break new shoes in. |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (building) | binnen breken vz + ww |
| | | forceren overg.ww |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (smile, song) (lied) | plotseling beginnen overg.ww |
| | (fig., in lachen) | uitbarsten onoverg.ww |
| | I was surprised when the old lady suddenly broke into song. |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (conversation) | onderbreken overg.ww |
| | | in de rede vallen frase |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (field of work) (fig., v. markt) | openbreken, binnendringen overg.ww |
| | Joanna wants to break into digital marketing to advance her career. |
| break off vi phrasal | (become detached) | afbreken, losbreken onoverg.ww |
| | The door handle became loose and eventually broke off. |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | (snap, detach) | afbreken, losbreken overg.ww |
| | Olga broke off a large piece from the chocolate bar. |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (terminate) (figuurlijk) | afbreken overg.ww |
| | | beëindigen overg.ww |
| | Matt and Glenda have decided to break off their engagement. |
| break out vi phrasal | (war, disease, chaos: begin) (oorlog, ziekte) | uitbreken onoverg.ww |
| | The restaurant was calm until a thrown bottle caused a fight to break out. |
| break out vi phrasal | (develop spots on skin) | jeugdpuistjes krijgen, acne krijgen overg. uitdr. |
| | I ate too much sugar and now I'm breaking out. My face broke out right before my date with Steve! |
| break out vi phrasal | (rash, etc.: develop on skin) | huiduitslag krijgen overg. uitdr. |
| | A rash broke out on Alice's face after she used the lotion. |
| break out in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (develop: a rash, spots) (ziekte) | krijgen overg.ww |
| | I'm so stressed, it's no wonder I've broken out in hives. |
| break through vi phrasal | figurative (make sudden advance) (figuurlijk) | doorbreken onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: single-word form used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| | The company succeeded in breaking through with these new ideas. |
| break up vi phrasal | (disintegrate) | uit elkaar vallen onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | Rock gradually breaks up into sand. |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (couple: separate) | uit elkaar gaan, scheiden onoverg.ww |
| | The couple broke up after a three-year relationship. |
| break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (split) | afbreken overg.ww |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (school: finish) | sluiten voor de schoolvakanties frase |
| | School breaks up next week for the summer holidays. |
break [sth] up,
break up [sth] vtr phrasal | informal, figurative (argument: intervene) (ruzie) | beëindigen overg.ww |
break [sth] up,
break up [sth] vtr phrasal | (crumble) | uit elkaar laten vallen overg.ww |