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)