interrompere
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verb
to break off, cut off, break up, interrupt, stop, break
to block, hold up
to disconnect, cut off, switch off
Used in the library
- Scusate se interrompo la partita: la cena è pronta.Sorry to interrupt the match: dinner is ready.A2Di nuovo, per favore (5) — Again, please (5) (A2)
- Scusa se interrompo: c'è tua madre al telefono.Sorry to interrupt: your mother's on the phone.A2Di nuovo, per favore (9) — Again, please (9) (A2)
- Scusa se ti interrompo, ma tua madre è al telefono.Sorry to interrupt you, but your mother is on the phone.A2Di nuovo, per favore (2) — Again, please (2) (A2)
- La pubblicità in televisione interrompe sempre il telefilm.The adverts on television always interrupt the series.B1Di nuovo, per favore (17) — Again, please (17) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- bloccareto block, block up, block off; to isolate
- disconnettereto disconnect
- fermareto stop, arrest; to hold
- mettere fineto put an end
- sospendereto hang (a picture, etc.); to suspend (all senses)
- spegnereto turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.); to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)
- spezzareto break, break up; to chop (wood)
- troncareto break off, to truncate; to cut off, to sever
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