crumble

• Verbo que se usa para designar la acción de deshacerse o romperse en fragmentos pequeños, o el proceso de deterioro gradual o pérdida de solidez.

A verb used to indicate the act of breaking or falling apart into small fragments, or the process of something gradually deteriorating or losing strength.

1. Break into piecesB1formal

   To break or fall apart into small fragments or crumbs.

   Desmenuzar

   • The old cookie crumbled in his hand.
   • The wall began to crumble after years of neglect.
   • She crumbled the bread into the soup.

   Sinónimosbreak updisintegratefall apartfragmentshatter

   Antónimosadhereassemblebindcohereconsolidatehardenintegratesolidifyunite

2. B2formal

   To lose strength, power, or determination; to collapse or fail.

   derrumbarse, venirse abajo

   • His confidence crumbled under the pressure.
   • The company's financial structure crumbled during the recession.
   • Their relationship crumbled after the argument.

   Sinónimosbreak downcollapsedeterioratedisintegratefailfall apartgive waygo to piecessuccumbweaken

   Antónimosendurepersistprevailstrengthensurvive