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To cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pain, anguish, hurt
From Middle English breke (my) harte.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فطر القلب
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Arabic:
فطر الفؤاد
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Armenian:
սիրտը կոտրել
(sirtə kotrel)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Chinese Mandarin:
打碎...的心
(dǎsuì... de xīn)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Czech:
zlomit srdce
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Dutch:
(iemand zijn/haar) hart breken
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Finnish:
särkeä jonkun sydän
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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French:
briser le cœur (à)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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German:
(jemandes) Herz brechen
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Hindi:
दिल तोड़ना
(dil toṛnā)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Italian:
accorare
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Italian:
spezzare il cuore
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Japanese:
心を壊す
(kokoro o kowasu)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Korean:
마음을 아프게 하다
(ma'eum-eul apeuge hada)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Polish:
łamać serce
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Polish:
złamać serce
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Portuguese:
partir o coração de
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Russian:
разбива́ть се́рдце
(razbivátʹ sérdce)
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Spanish:
partirle a alguien el corazón
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Spanish:
partir el alma
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Swedish:
krossa någons hjärta
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Turkish:
kalbini kırmak
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Vietnamese:
làm tan nát trái tim...
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
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Vietnamese:
làm...đau khổ
— to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
