слома́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• fracture noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
• go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
• snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
• stuff noun Miscellaneous items, belongings, or unspecified material.

Senses

слома́ться is used for these senses in English:

• break (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• break (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.
• break down (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
• fracture (ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
• go (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• stuff (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

fracture — full definition

1. noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
2. verb To break or crack, or to cause something to break.

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