преломить

Russian

Etymology

пре- (pre-) +‎ ломи́ть (lomítʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪɫɐˈmʲitʲ]

Verb

преломи́ть • (prelomítʹpf (imperfective преломля́ть)

  1. (physics) to refract
  2. (dated) to break in two, to fracture
  3. (figurative) to reinterpret subjectively
  4. (perfective only) to overcome
  5. (perfective only) to betray [with dative ‘someone’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • преломля́ться impf (prelomljátʹsja), преломи́ться pf (prelomítʹsja)
  • преломле́ние (prelomlénije)