Usage examples of "breaking" in English with translation to Spanish

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The breaking waves formed foam. Las olas que rompían formaban espuma.
The boy admitted breaking the window. El chico admitió haber roto la ventana.
Thank you for breaking my phone. Gracias por romper mi teléfono.
Forgive me for breaking my promise. Perdóname por haber roto mi promesa.
She forgave me for breaking her mirror. Ella me perdonó por haber roto el espejo.
I'm breaking in my new shoes. Estoy rompiendo mis zapatos nuevos.
These are not sufficient reasons for breaking the promise. No hay suficientes razones para romper la promesa.
Don't punish him for breaking the window. He is not to blame. No lo castiguen por romper la ventana. Él no es culpable.
There are conditions under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable. Hay condiciones bajo las que romper una promesa o decir una mentira es aceptable.
This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles. Esto quiere decir que las casas se están comenzando a hundir, las rutas a romper, y las postes de luz a inclinarse en ángulos disparatados.
My sister didn't own up to breaking the lamp, instead she made up some story about aliens coming to Earth with the objective of destroying every piece of yellow furniture. Mi hermana no se hizo cargo de romper la lámpara, ella inventó una historia sobre alienígenas que vienen a la Tierra con el objetivo de destruir todo mueble de color amarillo.
Don't break a mirror. No rompas un espejo.
Break in case of emergency Rómpase en caso de emergencia
Electric wires were broken in many places from the heavy snowfall. Se cortaron cables eléctricos en muchas partes a causa de la nevazón.
Don't break my heart. ¡No me rompas el corazón!
I broke my right leg. Me rompí la pierna derecha.
Don't break the branches. No rompas las ramas.
He fixed the broken table. Él reparó la mesa rota.
Plastic does not break easily. El plástico no se rompe con facilidad.
Aaah!! My computer is broken! ¡Ah! Mi ordenador está roto.
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