take a break

English

Verb

take a break (third-person singular simple present takes a break, present participle taking a break, simple past took a break, past participle taken a break)

1. To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.)

   She took a break from studying to eat a snack.

Translations

to have a short rest period in one's work

Chinese: Cantonese: 休息 (jau1 sik1) Mandarin: 休息 (zh) (xiūxi) Finnish: levätä (fi), pitää tauko, huilata (fi), huilia (fi) French: prendre une passe German: eine Pause machen Greek: Ancient Greek: ἀναπαύομαι (anapaúomai) Hungarian: pihen (hu), megpihen (hu), szünetet tart (hu) Italian: fare una pausa, prendersi una pausa Mbyá Guaraní: pytu'u Norwegian: ta en pause Russian: передохну́ть (ru) pf (peredoxnútʹ) Turkish: ara vermek (tr), mola vermek (tr)