crumble

crumble
verb
(to break into crumbs or small pieces: She crumbled the bread; The building had crumbled into ruins; Her hopes of success finally crumbled.) desmigajar, desmenuzar
crumble vb deshacerse
this cheese crumbles when you try to cut it este queso se deshace cuando intentas cortarlo
the wood was rotten and crumbled when you touched it la madera estaba podrida y al tocarla se deshacía
El gerundio de crumble se escribe crumbling
crumble
tr['krʌmbəl]
transitive verb
1 (gen) desmenuzar, deshacer; (bread) desmigar, desmigajar
intransitive verb
1 (food) desmenuzarse, deshacerse; (cliff, building) desmoronarse
2 figurative use (empire, support, marriage) derrumbarse; (hopes) desvanecerse, derrumbarse, venirse abajo
noun
1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL compota de fruta cubierta de una masa de harina, mantequilla y azúcar
crumble ['krʌmbəl] v, -bled ; -bling vt
: desmigajar, desmenuzar
crumble vi
: desmigajarse, desmoronarse, desmenuzarse
crumble
v.
derrumbarse v.
desmenuzar v.
desmigajar v.
desmoronar v.
desplomar v.
migar v.
'krʌmbəl
1.
intransitive verb \<\<cake/soil\>\> desmenuzarse*; \<\<wall\>\> desmoronarse; \<\<democracy/resolve\>\> desmoronarse, derrumbarse

2.
vt \<\<earth/cake\>\> desmenuzar*; \<\<bread\>\> desmigajar
['krʌmbl]
1.
VT [+ bread] desmigar, desmigajar; [+ earth, cheese etc] desmenuzar
2. VI
1) [bread] desmigarse, desmigajarse; [earth, cheese etc] desmenuzarse; [building, plaster etc] desmoronarse
2) (fig) [hopes, power, self-confidence] desmoronarse, venirse abajo; [coalition] venirse abajo, derrumbarse
* * *
['krʌmbəl]
1.
intransitive verb \<\<cake/soil\>\> desmenuzarse*; \<\<wall\>\> desmoronarse; \<\<democracy/resolve\>\> desmoronarse, derrumbarse

2.
vt \<\<earth/cake\>\> desmenuzar*; \<\<bread\>\> desmigajar

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