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break verb

  /bɹeɪk/ , /bɹiːk/ , [bɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯k]
  • (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
 rikkoa, hajota, murtaa, hajottaa, kaataa, kajahtaa
  • (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
 rikkoa, murtaa
  • (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
 rikkoa
  • (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
 hajota, mennä rikki, rikkoa, särkeä, tiltata
  • (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
 jakaa, rikkoa, särkeä
  • (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
 alentaa
  • (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
 aloittaa, breikata
  • (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
 hajota, murtautua
  • (intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.
 hellittää
  • (specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
 hellittää, koittaa
  • (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
 kajahtaa
  • (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
 katkaista
  • (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
 kertoa, uutisoida
  • (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
 keskeyttää, pitää tauko
  • To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
 kesyttää
  • (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
  • (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
  • (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 koittaa
  • (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
 lannistaa, murtaa (tahto), nujertaa
  • (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
 madaltua
  • (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
 murtaa
  • (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. A wave breaking.
 murtua
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
 muuttua (yhtäkkiä
  • (transitive, gaming, _, slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
 ratkaista

break noun

  /bɹeɪk/ , /bɹiːk/ , [bɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯k]
  • A rest or pause, usually from work.
  • A temporary split with a romantic partner.
  • (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
 tauko
  • An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
 murtuma, murtaminen, rikkominen, rikkoutuminen, särkeminen, särkyminen
  • An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
 tauko, väliaika
  • The beginning (of the morning).
 aamunkoite, aamunkoitto
  • (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
 aloituslyönti
  • A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
 aukko
  • (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
 käänne
  • A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
 käänne, murros
  • An act of escaping.
 pako
  • (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
 syötönmurto
  • (soccer) The counter-attack.
 vastahyökkäys

breaking

hajotus
break down
eritellä, hajota, lakata toimimasta, mennä rikki, rikkoutua, vikaantua, luhistua, murtua, romahtaa, saada hermoromahdus, kariutua, mennä pieleen, maatua, sulattaa, murentua, mureta
break up
erota, hävitä, panna poikki, tehdä bänät, hajaantua, hajota, levitä käsiin, mennä rikki, murentaa, rikkoa, särkeä, särkyä, hajottaa, lopettaa, mennä kiinni, sulkea ovensa
break out
hajottaa, purkaa, ottaa esiin, paeta, puhjeta, syttyä, särkeä
break off
katkaista, katketa, keskeyttää, keskeytyä, murtaa, murtua
break in
ajaa sisään, kesyttää, koulia, murtautua
break away
erota, irrota, joutua eroon, häipyä, hävitä
break a sweat
hiki
break wind
pierrä
coffee break
kahvitauko, kahvipaussi

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break-even -piste
break-even point
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