interrumpir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
- disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
- intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
- interpose verb To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- 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
interrumpir is used for these senses in English:
- break off (intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
- break off (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
- bring up To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- cut short (transitive) To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
- disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
- interpose (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- 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.
break off — full definition
- verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
- verb To detach a piece from a larger whole, or to come away from it.
- verb To stop speaking or doing something abruptly.
disrupt — full definition
- verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
- verb To radically change an industry or market by introducing a better or cheaper way of doing things.