pertraukti — meaning in English

English meaning

• interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
• pause verb To stop something briefly, intending to continue later.

Senses

pertraukti is used for these senses in English:

• interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
• pause (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

interrupt — full definition

1. verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
2. noun Computing: a signal that makes a computer pause its current task to deal with something more urgent.

pause — full definition

1. verb To stop something briefly, intending to continue later.
2. noun A short break or halt in an activity, or the button that creates one.

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