broke

broke

 (brōk)

v.

1. Past tense of break.

2. Nonstandard A past participle of break.

adj. Informal

1. Bankrupt.

2. Lacking funds: "an organization that gets increasingly obscure and broke with each passing year" (Dean Bakopoulos).

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broke

(brəʊk)

vb

the past tense of break

adj

1. informal having no money; bankrupt

2. (Gambling, except Cards) go for broke slang to risk everything in a gambling or other venture

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broke

(broʊk)

v.

1. pt. of break.

2. Archaic. a pp. of break.

adj.

3. without money; penniless.

4. bankrupt.

Idioms:

go for broke, Slang. to exert oneself or employ one's resources to the utmost.

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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

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broke

adjective

Informal. Having little or no money or wealth:

beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.

Informal: strapped.

Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.

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Translations

مُفْلِسمُفْلِس، مُعْدَم

na miziněšvorc

flad

pleitestierblankbluttneger

απένταρος

arruinadosin blancasin un centavosin un duro

rahaton

fauchéà sec

koji je bez novaca

pénztelen

blankur

al verdeessere in bolletta verde

破産した

한푼 없는

be pinigų

bankrotējispilnīgi bez naudas

blut

blakkpengelens

spłukany

falidosem dinheiro

безденежный

bez peňazína dne

pank

ถังแตก

meteliksizyolsuzzüğürt

hết tiền

一文不名的破产的

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

broke

(brouk) verb

see break.

adjective

completely without money. I'm broke till pay day. platsak, bankrot مُفْلِس، مُعْدَم разорен falido na mizině, švorc pleite flad; på spanden απένταροςarruinado, 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 بی پیسو 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 一文不名的，破产的

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broke

→ مُفْلِس na mizině flad pleite απένταρος sin un centavo, sin un duro rahaton fauché koji je bez novaca al verde 破産した 한푼 없는 blut blakk spłukany falido, sem dinheiro безденежный pank ถังแตก züğürt hết tiền 一文不名的

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broke

pret de break

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