Polyglot Dictionary

resquebrajar

/reskeβɾaˈxaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
resquebrajo
preterite (yo)
resquebrajé
past participle
resquebrajado

Meaning

  1. to crack

    • La pared se resquebrajó.

      The wall cracked.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

agrietar

resquebrajar is more literary than agrietar, often describing something cracking into multiple fissures; agrietar is the more common word for cracking, like surfaces or skin.

cascar

resquebrajar is more literary, describing something cracking into multiple fissures; cascar means to crack something brittle, like an eggshell.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

estalar

estalar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crack."

Portuguese

rachar

rachar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crack."

Practice

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