Break

"Break" in Swedish

avbrott

(rest or pause, usually from work)

break

(tennis: game won by receiving party)

brott

(instance of breaking something into pieces)

paus

(rest or pause, usually from work)

rast

(rest or pause, usually from work)

avbryta

(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)

bryta

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

bryta

(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)

bryta

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

bryta

(of a wave, to collapse into a surf)

bryta

(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)

brytas

(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)

gå sönder

(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)

gå sönder

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

ha isär

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

ha sönder

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

slå sönder

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

spränga

(billiards: to make the first shot)

ta isär

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

ta sönder

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.