Meanings
present singular third person breaks one's fast · participle present breaking one's fast · past broke one's fast · participle past broken one's fast · alternative break fast
- datedTo eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.
His servant placed before him a slice of toasted bread, with a glass of fair water, being the fare on which he usually broke his fast.
1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 15, in The Antiquary—Volume II1 more example
Thinking that it might be Lord Carbury, and that, if so, he would probably not wait until half past nine to break his fast, she ran gaily off.
1905, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 3, in The Irrational Knot - To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic أَفْطَرَ
- أَفْطَرَ (ʔafṭara)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Bengali নাস্তা করা, উপোস ভাঙা
- নাস্তা করা (nasta kora)archaic: to eat breakfast
- উপোস ভাঙা (upōs bhaṅa)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
- ইফতার করা (iphtar kora)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
- ইফতার সারা (iphtar śara)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Chinese Mandarin 吃早餐
- 吃早餐 (chī zǎocān)archaic: to eat breakfast
Czech Snídat
- Snídatarchaic: to eat breakfast
Dutch ontbijten
- ontbijtenarchaic: to eat breakfast
Esperanto matenmanĝi, malfasti
- matenmanĝiarchaic: to eat breakfast
- malfastito conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Finnish einehtiä
- einehtiäarchaic: to eat breakfast
French prendre le petit déjeuner, déjeuner
- prendre le petit déjeunerarchaic: to eat breakfast
- déjeunerarchaic: to eat breakfast
- rompre le jeûneto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
German frühstücken
- frühstückenarchaic: to eat breakfast
Greek καταλύω
- καταλύω (katalýo)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Italian fare colazione, rompere il digiuno
- fare colazionearchaic: to eat breakfast
- rompere il digiunoto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Japanese 朝食を取る, 朝食を食べる
- 朝食を取る (chōshoku o toru)archaic: to eat breakfast
- 朝食を食べる (chōshoku o taberu)archaic: to eat breakfast
Polish jeść śniadanie, zjeść śniadanie
- jeść śniadaniearchaic: to eat breakfast
- zjeść śniadaniearchaic: to eat breakfast
- jeść po pościeto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
- zjeść po pościeto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Portuguese desjejuar
- desjejuararchaic: to eat breakfast
Russian за́втракать, поза́втракать
- за́втракать (závtrakatʹ)archaic: to eat breakfast
- поза́втракать (pozávtrakatʹ)archaic: to eat breakfast
- разговля́ться (razgovljátʹsja)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
- разгове́ться (razgovétʹsja)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Spanish desayunar
- desayunararchaic: to eat breakfast
Swahili kufungua kinywa
- kufungua kinywato conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Turkish kahvaltı etmek, oruç açmak
- kahvaltı etmekarchaic: to eat breakfast
- oruç açmakto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
- oruç bozmakto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Urdu روزَہ کھولْنا
- روزَہ کھولْنا (roza kholnā)to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Vietnamese ăn sáng
- ăn sángarchaic: to eat breakfast
Welsh torri ympryd, brecwasta
- torri ymprydarchaic: to eat breakfast
- brecwastaarchaic: to eat breakfast
- torri ymprydto conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
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