snap off

• Verbo frasal que significa quebrar algo de repente, com um estalo seco, ou separar-se bruscamente de algo.

A phrasal verb meaning to break something suddenly with a sharp cracking sound, or to become detached abruptly.

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Break suddenlyinformal

   To break something quickly and sharply, often with a cracking sound.

   Quebrar de repente

   • He snapped off a piece of the chocolate bar.
   • The branch snapped off in the strong wind.
   • She snapped off the dead flower from the stem.

   Sinônimosbreak offcrackfractureseversplintersplit

2. Separate abruptlyinformal

   To detach or become detached from something with a sudden, sharp movement.

   Soltar-se de repente

   • The handle of the cup snapped off while he was washing it.
   • She snapped off the lid of the jar.
   • The key snapped off in the lock.

   Sinônimosbreak offcome offdetachdisconnectseversunder

Verbo basesnap