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

Verb

the past tense of break

Adjective

Informal having no money

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 << OPPOSITE rich

Translations

broke [brəuk] pt of break

adj (col) → pelado, sin una perra;

to go broke → quebrar

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broke [brəuk] pt of break

adj (inf) → fauché(e);

to go broke (business) → faire faillite

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broke [brəuk] pt of break

adj (inf) → pleite;

to go broke → pleitegehen

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broke [brəuk] pt of break

adj (col) → squattrinato/a;

to go broke → fare 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 auki fauché מְרוּשַש धनरहित bez prebijene pare pénztelen tak punya uang senza un soldo, al verde 一文無しの 무일푼의 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 一個錢也沒有的 розорений قلاش ، کنگلا khánh kiệt 一个钱也没有的