WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| shatter⇒ vi | (break in pieces) (coloquial) | hacerse añicos loc verb |
| | | desmenuzarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | destrozarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The plate hit the floor and shattered. |
| | El plato se cayó al suelo y se hizo añicos. |
| shatter [sth]⇒ vtr | (break in pieces) | destrozar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial) | hacer añicos loc verb |
| | | desmenuzar⇒ vtr |
| | Sarah shattered the window to get into the building. |
| | Sarah destrozó la ventana para meterse en el edificio. |
| Additional Translations |
| shatter [sth] vtr | figurative (interrupt: silence, calm) (calma, silencio) | romper⇒ vtr |
| | The sound of a car horn shattered the silence. |
| | El sonido de un claxon rompió el silencio. |
| shatter [sth] vtr | figurative (destroy: confidence, etc.) | minar⇒ vtr |
| | | destruir⇒ vtr |
| | The critics damning reviews shattered the author's confidence and he never wrote again. |
| | Las pésimas valoraciones de los críticos minaron la confianza del autor y dejó de escribir. |
| shatter [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | figurative, often passive (shock, devastate) | devastar a vtr + prep |
| | (figurado) | destruir a vtr + prep |
| | Nancy was shattered by her dad's revelation that he was not her biological father. |
| | The shock would be enough to shatter the nerves of just about anyone. |
| | Cuando su padre le contó que no era su padre biológico, aquella noticia devastó a Nancy. // Aquella conmoción podría devastar los nervios de cualquiera. |
| shatter [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, often passive (tire out) | agotar a vtr + prep |
| | | dejar hecho polvo vtr + loc adj |
| | Brian was shattered by the long walk. |
| | La larga caminata agotó a Brian. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Tanto andar lo dejó hecho polvo. |
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