broken down

averiado, estropeado

Que ya no funciona bien, especialmente una máquina o un vehículo.

En inglés sencillo: No longer working properly, especially when describing a machine or vehicle.

• That car is broken down.
• A broken-down bus blocked the road.
• We replaced the broken-down machine last week.

Sinónimos: broken, nonfunctional

Antónimos: working, functional

Expresiones frecuentes: broken down car, broken down machinery

desglosado, desmontado

Dividido en partes más pequeñas, a menudo para facilitar su análisis o transporte.

En inglés sencillo: Divided into smaller pieces or parts, often to make something easier to examine or move.

• The table is broken down into pieces.
• The costs were broken down by month.
• These results are broken down into age groups.

Cómo se usa: broken down into something (The figures are broken down into three groups.); broken down by something (The costs are broken down by department.)

Sinónimos: divided, disassembled, decomposed

Antónimos: assembled

Expresiones frecuentes: broken down into parts, broken down by category

destrozado, acabado

Que ha perdido su fuerza física o las buenas cualidades de su carácter.

En inglés sencillo: Having lost physical strength or good personal qualities.

• He seemed completely broken down.
• Years of illness left her broken down in body and spirit.
• The once proud soldier returned a broken-down man.

Cómo se usa: broken down by something (He was broken down by years of hardship.)

Sinónimos: ruined, weakened, worn out

Expresiones frecuentes: broken down man, broken down by grief

inservible, agotado

Dicho de un caballo, demasiado enfermo o débil para llevar jinetes o trabajar.

En inglés sencillo: Too ill or weak to carry riders or do work, when describing a horse.

• The horse was broken down.
• They let the broken-down mare rest in a quiet field.
• A broken-down horse cannot safely carry a rider.

Sinónimos: unfit, unsound

Antónimos: sound, fit

Expresiones frecuentes: broken down horse, broken down mare