shatter

hacerse añicos, hacer añicos

Romperse de golpe en muchos trozos pequeños, o hacer que algo se rompa así.

En inglés sencillo: To break suddenly into many small pieces, or make something break this way.

• The glass shattered on the floor.
• A stone shattered the window.
• The frozen lake’s thin ice began to shatter.

Cómo se usa: shatter into something (The plate shattered into tiny pieces.)

Sinónimos: smash, break

Expresiones frecuentes: shatter a window, shatter into pieces

destrozar, devastar

Causar un dolor emocional profundo o destruir la esperanza, la confianza o la felicidad de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel deeply upset or destroy their hope, confidence, or happiness.

• The news shattered her.
• Repeated failures shattered his confidence.
• Their defeat shattered the team’s hopes of reaching the final.

Sinónimos: devastate, crush

Expresiones frecuentes: shatter someone’s confidence, shatter someone’s hopes, shatter someone