resquebrajar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- (“very”) +‎ quebrar (“to break”), from Latin crepāre (“crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reskebɾaˈxaɾ/ [res.ke.β̞ɾaˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧que‧bra‧jar

Verb

resquebrajar (first-person singular present resquebrajo, first-person singular preterite resquebrajé, past participle resquebrajado)

1. to crack

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resquebrajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resquebrajar
gerund			resquebrajando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resquebrajado		resquebrajada
		plural		resquebrajados		resquebrajadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resquebrajo	resquebrajastú resquebrajásvos	resquebraja	resquebrajamos	resquebrajáis	resquebrajan
	imperfect	resquebrajaba	resquebrajabas	resquebrajaba	resquebrajábamos	resquebrajabais	resquebrajaban
	preterite	resquebrajé	resquebrajaste	resquebrajó	resquebrajamos	resquebrajasteis	resquebrajaron
	future	resquebrajaré	resquebrajarás	resquebrajará	resquebrajaremos	resquebrajaréis	resquebrajarán
	conditional	resquebrajaría	resquebrajarías	resquebrajaría	resquebrajaríamos	resquebrajaríais	resquebrajarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resquebraje	resquebrajestú resquebrajésvos2	resquebraje	resquebrajemos	resquebrajéis	resquebrajen
	imperfect (ra)	resquebrajara	resquebrajaras	resquebrajara	resquebrajáramos	resquebrajarais	resquebrajaran
	imperfect (se)	resquebrajase	resquebrajases	resquebrajase	resquebrajásemos	resquebrajaseis	resquebrajasen
	future1	resquebrajare	resquebrajares	resquebrajare	resquebrajáremos	resquebrajareis	resquebrajaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resquebrajatú resquebrajávos	resquebraje	resquebrajemos	resquebrajad	resquebrajen
	negative		no resquebrajes	no resquebraje	no resquebrajemos	no resquebrajéis	no resquebrajen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of resquebrajar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive resquebrajar	dative	resquebrajarme	resquebrajarte	resquebrajarle, resquebrajarse	resquebrajarnos	resquebrajaros	resquebrajarles, resquebrajarse
	accusative	resquebrajarme	resquebrajarte	resquebrajarlo, resquebrajarla, resquebrajarse	resquebrajarnos	resquebrajaros	resquebrajarlos, resquebrajarlas, resquebrajarse
with gerund resquebrajando	dative	resquebrajándome	resquebrajándote	resquebrajándole, resquebrajándose	resquebrajándonos	resquebrajándoos	resquebrajándoles, resquebrajándose
	accusative	resquebrajándome	resquebrajándote	resquebrajándolo, resquebrajándola, resquebrajándose	resquebrajándonos	resquebrajándoos	resquebrajándolos, resquebrajándolas, resquebrajándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative resquebraja	dative	resquebrájame	resquebrájate	resquebrájale	resquebrájanos	not used	resquebrájales
	accusative	resquebrájame	resquebrájate	resquebrájalo, resquebrájala	resquebrájanos	not used	resquebrájalos, resquebrájalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative resquebrajá	dative	resquebrajame	resquebrajate	resquebrajale	resquebrajanos	not used	resquebrajales
	accusative	resquebrajame	resquebrajate	resquebrajalo, resquebrajala	resquebrajanos	not used	resquebrajalos, resquebrajalas
with formal second-person singular imperative resquebraje	dative	resquebrájeme	not used	resquebrájele, resquebrájese	resquebrájenos	not used	resquebrájeles
	accusative	resquebrájeme	not used	resquebrájelo, resquebrájela, resquebrájese	resquebrájenos	not used	resquebrájelos, resquebrájelas
with first-person plural imperative resquebrajemos	dative	not used	resquebrajémoste	resquebrajémosle	resquebrajémonos	resquebrajémoos	resquebrajémosles
	accusative	not used	resquebrajémoste	resquebrajémoslo, resquebrajémosla	resquebrajémonos	resquebrajémoos	resquebrajémoslos, resquebrajémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative resquebrajad	dative	resquebrajadme	not used	resquebrajadle	resquebrajadnos	resquebrajaos	resquebrajadles
	accusative	resquebrajadme	not used	resquebrajadlo, resquebrajadla	resquebrajadnos	resquebrajaos	resquebrajadlos, resquebrajadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative resquebrajen	dative	resquebrájenme	not used	resquebrájenle	resquebrájennos	not used	resquebrájenles, resquebrájense
	accusative	resquebrájenme	not used	resquebrájenlo, resquebrájenla	resquebrájennos	not used	resquebrájenlos, resquebrájenlas, resquebrájense

Derived terms

• resquebrajadizo
• resquebrajador
• resquebrajadura
• resquebrajamiento
• resquebrajo
• resquebrajoso

Related terms

• agrietar
• grieta

Further reading

• “resquebrajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10