crumble

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrʌmbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkrʌmbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(krumbəl)

Inflections of 'crumble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
crumbles
v 3rd person singular
crumbling
v pres p
crumbled
v past
crumbled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
crumble vi (fall apart) (edificio, pared)desmoronarse v prnl
  (queso)desmenuzarse v prnl
  (pan, galleta)desmigajarse v prnl
 Old houses crumbled during the earthquake.
 Las viejas casas se desmoronaron durante el terremoto.
crumble vi figurative (fall, collapse)desmoronarse v prnl
  derrumbarse v prnl
 Centuries later, the empire began to crumble.
 Siglos después, el imperio comenzó a desmoronarse.
crumble n UK (baked fruit pie) (voz inglesa)crumble nm
Note: Pastel elaborado con trozos de fruta recubiertos con una masa hecha con harina, mantequilla y azúcar.
 A crumble is a good filling dessert on a cold winter's day.
 Un crumble es un buen postre para un día frío de invierno.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
crumble [sth] vtr (break apart) (pan, galleta)desmigajar vtr
  (edificio, pared)desmoronar vtr
  (queso)desmenuzar vtr
 Molly crumbled the bread with her fingers.
 Molly desmigajó el pan con los dedos.
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Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
crumble away vi phrasal (disintegrate)caerse a pedazos loc verb
 The building will crumble away if they don't start to work on it.
 El edificio se va a caer a pedazos si no empiezan a repararlo.
  desmoronarse v prnl
 El edificio se va a desmoronar si no empiezan a repararlo.
crumble [sth] up,
crumble up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(break into tiny pieces)triturar vtr
  desmenuzar vtr
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
apple crisp (US),
apple crumble (UK)
n
(baked apple dessert)crujiente de manzana nm
 I prefer apple crisp to apple pie because I really don't care for pastry crusts.
 Prefiero el crujiente de manzana a la tarta de manzana porque no me gusta mucho la masa.
apple crumble n UK (sweet baked pie)crujiente de manzana loc nom m
  (AR, voz inglesa)apple crumble loc nom m
 We were served delicious apple crumble and custard.
 I like it when my mum makes apple crumble from the apples that we grow in the garden.
 Nos sirvieron unos deliciosos crujientes de manzana y natillas. // Me gusta cuando mi madre hace crujiente de manzana con las manzanas que crecen en el jardín.
plum crumble n (sweet baked pie)budín de ciruelas nm + loc adj
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'crumble' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: crumble [recipes, ingredients, toppings], [apple, banana, blackberry, fruit] crumble, [make, bake, eat] [apple] crumble, more...

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