break up

break up
break up
1) (disintegrate) [wreck] sfasciarsi, andare in pezzi; fig. [empire] crollare; [alliance] sciogliersi; [family, couple] dividersi
2) (disperse) [crowd] disperdersi; [cloud, slick] dissolversi; [meeting] sciogliersi
3) BE scol.

schools break up on Friday — le scuole chiudono venerdì; break [sth.] up, break up [sth.] (split up) disperdere [demonstrators]; smantellare [drugs ring]; dividere [couple, family, team]; rompere [alliance]; smembrare [empire]; frazionare [land]; [diagrams] intervallare [text]; interrompere, fare finire [party, demonstration]

* * *
1) (to divide, separate or break into pieces: He broke up the old furniture and burnt it; John and Mary broke up (= separated from each other) last week.) fare a pezzi; lasciarsi
2) (to finish or end: The meeting broke up at 4.40.) finire
* * *
1. vt + adv
(rocks etc) fare a pezzi, spaccare, (marriage) finire, (crowd, clouds) disperdere, (fight etc) interrompere, far cessare

police broke up the demonstration — la polizia ha disperso i dimostranti

2. vi + adv
(ship) andare in or a pezzi, sfondarsi, (ice) spaccarsi, disintegrarsi, (partnership, meeting) sciogliersi, (couple) separarsi, (marriage) andare in pezzi, finire, (crowd, clouds) disperdersi, (school) chiudere

Richard and Marie have broken up — Richard e Marie si sono lasciati

the schools break up tomorrow — le scuole chiudono domani

we break up next Wednesday — mercoledì cominciano le vacanze

* * *
break up
1) (disintegrate) [wreck] sfasciarsi, andare in pezzi; fig. [empire] crollare; [alliance] sciogliersi; [family, couple] dividersi
2) (disperse) [crowd] disperdersi; [cloud, slick] dissolversi; [meeting] sciogliersi
3) BE scol.

schools break up on Friday — le scuole chiudono venerdì; break [sth.] up, break up [sth.] (split up) disperdere [demonstrators]; smantellare [drugs ring]; dividere [couple, family, team]; rompere [alliance]; smembrare [empire]; frazionare [land]; [diagrams] intervallare [text]; interrompere, fare finire [party, demonstration]


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