"take a break" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes a break [present, singular, third-person], taking a break [participle, present], took a break [past], taken a break [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a break}} take a break (third-person singular simple present takes a break, present participle taking a break, simple past took a break, past participle taken a break)
  1. To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.) Translations (to have a short rest period in one's work): ἀναπαύομαι (anapaúomai) (Ancient Greek), 休息 (jau¹ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 休息 (xiūxi) (Chinese Mandarin), levätä (Finnish), pitää tauko (Finnish), huilata (Finnish), huilia (Finnish), prendre une passe (French), eine Pause machen (German), pihen (Hungarian), megpihen (Hungarian), szünetet tart (Hungarian), fare una pausa (Italian), prendersi una pausa (Italian), pytu'u (Mbyá Guaraní), ta en pause (Norwegian), передохну́ть (peredoxnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ara vermek (Turkish), mola vermek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to have a short rest period in one's work",
      "word": "megpihen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to have a short rest period in one's work",
      "word": "szünetet tart"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have a short rest period in one's work",
      "word": "fare una pausa"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have a short rest period in one's work",
      "word": "prendersi una pausa"
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      "sense": "to have a short rest period in one's work",
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      "word": "ara vermek"
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