braka

See also: bräka and bråka

Icelandic

braka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brakaði, supine brakað)

braka — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að braka
supine (sagnbót)		brakað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		brakandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég braka	við brökum	present (nútíð)	ég braki	við brökum
	þú brakar	þið brakið		þú brakir	þið brakið
	hann, hún, það brakar	þeir, þær, þau braka		hann, hún, það braki	þeir, þær, þau braki

past (þátíð)	ég brakaði	við brökuðum	past (þátíð)	ég brakaði	við brökuðum
	þú brakaðir	þið brökuðuð		þú brakaðir	þið brökuðuð
	hann, hún, það brakaði	þeir, þær, þau brökuðu		hann, hún, það brakaði	þeir, þær, þau brökuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	braka (þú)	brakið (þið)
	brakaðu	brakiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

braka

braka

brak (“crash”) +‎ -a

braka (present brakar, preterite brakade, supine brakat, imperative braka)

(fairly rare by itself) to make a loud crashing sound like the sound of a large tree falling or a structure collapsing
(with a particle specifying a direction) to collapse or collide with something, making such a sound
Huset brakade ihop / brakade samman
The house came crashing down ("crashed together," literally)

Lastbilen brakade in i sidan av huset
The truck crashed into the side of the house
(figuratively, often with loss (“loose”) for a beginning) to break out, to crash (start or end with great intensity)
Vintern har brakat loss
Winter has broken out

Kriget brakade loss i februari
The war broke out in February

Förhandlingarna har brakat ihop
The negotiations have crashed

Conjugation of braka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	braka		—
Supine	brakat		—
Imperative	braka		—
Imper. plural¹	braken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	brakar	brakade	—	—
Ind. plural¹	braka	brakade	—	—
Subjunctive²	brake	brakade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	brakande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.