break ground

iniciar las obras, comenzar a excavar

Empezar a excavar la tierra para construir un edificio o plantar.

En inglés sencillo: To start digging the earth for a new building or for planting.

• They broke ground yesterday.
• We will break ground on the hospital next week.
• The farmers broke ground for their new vegetable beds.

Cómo se usa: break ground on something (The builders will break ground on the new school in June.)

Sinónimos: begin digging

Expresiones frecuentes: break ground today, break ground here

abrir nuevos caminos, innovar

Empezar algo nuevo o lograr algo que nadie había hecho antes.

En inglés sencillo: To start something new or achieve something that has not been done before.

• Their research broke ground.
• This small company is breaking ground in clean energy.
• The director broke ground with her unusual use of sound.

Cómo se usa: break ground in something (Her team broke ground in cancer research.)

Sinónimos: innovate, pioneer

Expresiones frecuentes: break ground in science, break ground in design

despegarse del fondo

Dicho de un ancla: separarse del fondo del mar al tirar de ella hacia arriba.

En inglés sencillo: When an anchor does this, it lifts off the bottom of the sea as it is pulled up.

• The anchor broke ground.
• The crew waited for the anchor to break ground.
• Once the anchor had broken ground, the ship began to move.

Sinónimos: come free

Expresiones frecuentes: break ground slowly, break ground cleanly

despegar

Dicho de un avión: dejar el suelo y empezar a volar.

En inglés sencillo: When an aircraft does this, it leaves the ground and starts flying.

• The plane broke ground.
• We watched the small aircraft break ground.
• The wheels stopped turning after the aircraft had broken ground.

Sinónimos: take off, lift off

Antónimos: land

Expresiones frecuentes: break ground smoothly, break ground safely