break in

//ˈbreɪk ˌɪn// phrase

Letters

8 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

break in is aSpanishphrase. It means: Ingresar, entrar; irrumpir. Pronounced /ˈbreɪk ˌɪn/.

Key facts for break in
PropertyValue
Headwordbreak in
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/ˈbreɪk ˌɪn/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

break in is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for break in is 8 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbreɪk ˌɪn/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for break in in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is break in, spelled B-R-E-A-K- -I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ingresar, entrar; irrumpir.
  2. 2
    Desgastarse, deteriorarse.
  3. 3
    Domesticar, domar [a un animal].
  4. 4
    Desvirgar [a un chica], desflorar[la].
  5. 5
    Interrumpir [una conversación], o entrometerse [en ella].
  6. 6
    Dicho de una persona: Iniciarse en el mundo de la prostitución.
  7. 7
    Dicho de una persona: Iniciarse en algo nuevo, como en un trabajo, una carrera, un pasatiempo, etc.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "break in"?
"break in" is spelled B-R-E-A-K- -I-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbreɪk ˌɪn/.
What does "break in" mean?
As a phrase, "break in" means: Ingresar, entrar; irrumpir.
How do you pronounce "break in"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "break in" is /ˈbreɪk ˌɪn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "break in" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.