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Meaning of Heartbreak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk

Definitions

Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الأسى
Български скръб
Cymraeg torcalondid
Deutsch Herzeleid Kummer
Suomi sydänsärky
Français crève-coeur
Italiano crepacuore
日本語 悲痛 断腸
Te Reo Māori ahotea
Nederlands hartzeer
Português coração partido
Русский горе

Examples

“So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.”

CEFR level

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