romper
Spanish, verb/romˈpeɾ/
romper is spelled R-O-M-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,297th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Romper is a Spanish verb meaning “to break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Separar en partes o pedazos, usualmente con violencia”.
What does romper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break
romper el hechizo
- 2
to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.)
Mariana rompió con ella.
- 3
to begin to do something; to break into
romper a conducir
- 4
to rupture
- 5
Latin-Americacolloquialto do something well
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Separar en partes o pedazos, usualmente con violencia. 2. Hendir. 3. Arruinar, estropear, averiar. 4. Interrumpir.
verb: 1. Dicho de las olas: deshacerse en espuma. 2. Irrumpir, prorrumpir. 3. Arrancar, comenzar, iniciarse, dar el primer paso. 4. Poner fin a una relación de noviazgo o amistad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of romper
- rompo first-person present singular
- rompí first-person preterite singular
- roto participle past
- rompiendo gerund
- rota feminine participle past
- rotos masculine participle past
- rotas feminine participle past
- rompes indicative informal present
- rompés indicative informal present
- rompe indicative present singular
- rompemos first-person indicative plural
- rompéis indicative plural present
- rompen indicative plural present
- rompía first-person imperfect indicative
- rompías imperfect indicative second-person
- rompíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rompíais imperfect indicative plural
- rompían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce romper?
- /romˈpeɾ/
- [rõmˈpeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to romper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is romper in Spanish?
romper appears 37 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).