"break" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɾeik/, [ˈbɾei̯k] Forms: breaks [plural]
Rhymes: -eik Etymology: Borrowed from French break, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from earlier break de chasse, from English shooting brake. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|fr|break}} Borrowed from French break, {{pseudo-loan|es|en|nocap=1}} pseudo-anglicism, {{der|es|en|shooting brake}} English shooting brake Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} break m (plural breaks)
  1. estate car, station wagon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-break-es-noun-VAipyi3k Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pseudo-loans from English Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 54 1 30 15 Disambiguation of Spanish pseudo-loans from English: 65 2 19 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɾeik/, [ˈbɾei̯k] Forms: breaks [plural]
Rhymes: -eik Etymology: Borrowed from English break. The sense "breakdancing" is a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English breakdancing. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|break}} Borrowed from English break, {{pseudo-loan|es|en|nocap=1}} pseudo-anglicism, {{der|es|en|breakdancing}} English breakdancing Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} break m (plural breaks)
  1. break (pause) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-break-es-noun-xWQhYGat
  2. (tennis) break Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-break-es-noun-FOvlalAI Categories (other): Tennis Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
  3. clipping of breakdance Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine Alternative form of: breakdance
    Sense id: en-break-es-noun-B5x6WdPo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: breque
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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