English
rank|dinner|command|etc.|771|broke|waiting|political|reading
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) AHD|br�k, IPA|/br��k/, SAMPA|/br@Uk/
(General American|US) AHD|br�k, IPA|/bro�k/, SAMPA|/broUk/
audio|en-us-broke.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-��k|Rhymes: -��k
Adjective
broke
- colloquial lack|Lacking money; bankrupt
- colloquial broken|Broken.
Synonyms
saurus|poor|impoverished
boracic (UK rhyming slang), skint (UK slang), stony-broke (UK slang)
Translations
trans-top|lacking money; bankrupt
Breton: kras
Bulgarian: �азо�ен m
Dutch: blut
Finnish: rahaton, auki (slang), persaukinen (somewhat vulgar)
French: fauché m, fauchée f, à sec (invariant)
German: pleite
Italian: al verde (invariant)
trans-mid
Swedish pank
trans-bottom
Verb
broke
- simple past of|break
- context|archaic|or|poetic past participle of|break
#* 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company
#*: Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.
- nautical The sentence of a court martial which deprived an officer of his commission'
#: He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
Category:English irregular simple past forms
el:broke
fr:broke
hu:broke
ja:broke
ru:broke
fi:broke
zh:broke
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