infrangere

to break

verb een-FRAHN-jeh-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin infringere (to break into), from in- + frangere (to break).

Also means

to shatter

Usage Note

Infrangere is an irregular verb — its past participle is infranto (not infranguto). It conveys breaking something solid or rigid, and is often used figuratively: infrangere le regole (to break the rules), infrangere un record (to break a record). It takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Ha infranto il record del mondo."

Natural Translation

He broke the world record.

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