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Meaning of пречупвам | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[prɛˈt͡ʃu̟pvɐm]

Definitions

  1. to break into pieces, to snap
    transitive
  2. to break, to bend (to cause a person or animal to lose its will, to force to submit)
    transitive
  3. to crack (to cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure)
    transitive
  4. to crack (to debilitate by psychological pressure)
    transitive
  5. to refract
    transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Той пречупи пръчката на две.”

He broke the stick in two.

“Трябва да пречупиш слона преди да можеш да го използваш за носене на товари.”

You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

“Америка е използвала много начини на мъчение, за да пречупи военнопленниците си.”

America has used many forms of torture to break their prisoners of war.

“Успяха да го пречупят на третия ден.”

They managed to crack him on the third day.

“Призмата може да пречупва светлина”

A prism can refract light.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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