broke (redirected from goes for broke)

broke  (brk)

v.

1. Past tense of break.

2. Nonstandard A past participle of break.

adj. Informal

1. Bankrupt.

2. Lacking funds: "Following the election, the Democrats were demoralized, discredited, and broke" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.)

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broke [brəʊk]

vb

the past tense of break

adj

1. Informal having no money; bankrupt

(Group Games / Gambling, except Cards)

go for broke Slang to risk everything in a gambling or other venture

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

broke - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

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broke

adjective (Informal) penniless, short, ruined, bust (informal), bankrupt, impoverished, in the red, cleaned out (slang), insolvent, down and out, skint (Brit. slang), strapped for cash (informal), dirt-poor (informal), flat broke (informal), penurious, on your uppers, stony-broke (Brit. slang), in queer street, without two pennies to rub together (informal), without a penny to your name I'm as broke as you are.
rich, comfortable, wealthy, flush (informal), prosperous, affluent, solvent, in the money (informal), well-to-do

Translations

broke [brəʊk]

A. PT of break

B. ADJ

1. (incorrect usage) (= broken) → estropeado
if it ain't broke, don't fix it → no hay que complicar las cosas or complicarse la vida sin necesidad

2. (= penniless) → pelado
I'm broke → estoy pelado, estoy sin un duro(Sp) , estoy sin un peso(LAm)
to go broke → arruinarse
to go for broke → jugarse el todo por el todo
see also flat B1

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broke [ˈbrəʊk]

pt of break

adj

(= penniless) → fauché(e)
to be broke → être fauché(e)

to go broke [business] → faire faillite

to go for broke (= not play safe) → jouer le tout pour le tout

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broke pret of break

adj pred

(inf) → abgebrannt (inf), → pleite (inf); to go broke → Pleite machen (inf); to go for broke → alles riskieren

if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it (fig inf) → man sollte ohne Not nichts ändern

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broke [brəʊk]

1. pt of break

2. adj (fam) → senza una lira, al verde, spiantato/a
to go broke → andare in fallimento

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broke [brəʊk]

1. pt of break

2. adj (fam) → senza una lira, al verde, spiantato/a
to go broke → andare in fallimento

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broke

v broke [brouk]

see break.

adj

completely without money I'm broke till pay day. platsak, bankrot مُفْلِس، مُعْدَم разорен na mizině, švorc flad; på spanden pleite απένταρος arruinado, estar sin blanca rahast lage بی پول rahaton fauché מְרוּשַש धनरहित bez prebijene pare pénztelen tak punya uang senza un soldo, al verde 一文無しの 파산한 be pinigų bankrotējis; pilnīgi bez naudas pokai platzak blakk, pengelens; fallitt bez grosza falido falit разорённый bez peňazí, na dne brez denarja, suh švorc pank, barskrapad หมดตัว meteliksiz, yolsuz 一文不名的 розорений قلاش ، کنگلا khánh kiệt 一个钱也没有的

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broke → مفلس na mizině flad pleite απένταρος sin un centavo, sin un duro rahaton fauché bez novaca al verde 破産した 한푼 없는 blut blakk zbankrutowany sem dinheiro безденежный pank แตกหัก züğürt hết tiền 一文不名的