shatter

shatter
'ʃætə
verb
1) (to break in small pieces, usually suddenly or forcefully: The stone shattered the window; The window shattered.) romper en pedazos/añicos
2) (to upset greatly: She was shattered by the news of his death.) hacer polvo
•
shatter vb hacer añicos
the glass shattered el vaso se hizo añicos
shatter
tr['ʃætəSMALLr/SMALL]
transitive verb
1 (break into small pieces) romper, hacer añicos, hacer pedazos
2 figurative use (health) destrozar, quebrantar, minar; (nerves) destrozar; (hopes, confidence) frustrar, destruir
3 familiar (shock) conmocionar, afectar, dejar destrozado,-a
4 familiar (exhaust) dejar hecho,-a polvo, reventar
intransitive verb
1 (break - gen) romperse, hacerse añicos, hacerse pedazos; (- glass) astillarse, estallar (en pedazos)
shatter ['ʃæt̬ər] vt
1) : hacer añicos
to shatter the silence: romper el silencio
2)
to be shattered by : quedar destrozado por
shatter vi
: hacerse añicos, romperse en pedazos
shatter
v.
• descascar v.
• desgarrar v.
• destrozar v.
• destruir v.
• estrellar v.
• hacer pedazos v.
• quebrantar v.
• romper v.
• tronchar v.
'ʃætər, 'ʃætə(r)
1.
transitive verb
1)
a) (break) \<\<window/plate\>\> hacer* añicos or pedazos
b) \<\<health/nerves\>\> destrozar*; \<\<confidence/hopes\>\> destruir*, echar por tierra; \<\<silence/calm\>\> romper*
2) (usu pass)
a) (shock)

she was shattered by the news — la noticia la dejó destrozada

b) (exhaust) (BrE colloq)

I arrived home feeling completely shattered — llegué a casa hecho polvo or muerto de cansancio (fam)


2.
vi \<\<window/glass\>\> hacerse* añicos or pedazos
['ʃætǝ(r)]
1. VT
1) (=break) romper en pedazos or añicos, hacer pedazos or añicos
2) (fig)

to shatter sb's health/hopes — quebrantar la salud/frustrar las esperanzas de algn

I was shattered to hear it — al saberlo quedé estupefacto

she was shattered by his death — su muerte la dejó destrozada

2. VI
1) (=break) hacerse pedazos, hacerse añicos
2) (fig) [health] quebrantarse; [hopes] frustrarse
* * *
['ʃætər, 'ʃætə(r)]
1.
transitive verb
1)
a) (break) \<\<window/plate\>\> hacer* añicos or pedazos
b) \<\<health/nerves\>\> destrozar*; \<\<confidence/hopes\>\> destruir*, echar por tierra; \<\<silence/calm\>\> romper*
2) (usu pass)
a) (shock)

she was shattered by the news — la noticia la dejó destrozada

b) (exhaust) (BrE colloq)

I arrived home feeling completely shattered — llegué a casa hecho polvo or muerto de cansancio (fam)


2.
vi \<\<window/glass\>\> hacerse* añicos or pedazos

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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