quebrantar

From Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).

• Hyphenation: que‧bran‧tar

quebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebrantei, past participle quebrantado)

1. to evil-eye (cast an evil-eye upon)

   Synonym: enguiçar

From Old Spanish quebrantar, crebantar, from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre, derived from Latin crepere (“rattle”).

• IPA^(key): /kebɾanˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: que‧bran‧tar

quebrantar (first-person singular present quebranto, first-person singular preterite quebranté, past participle quebrantado)

1. to break (physically)

   Synonyms: (Asturias) frañer, romper

2. (figuratively) to break (e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power)
3. (figuratively) to break, to breach (e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle)
4. (reflexive) to break down, to be broken (typically used figuratively)

• “quebrantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10