romper

• Rhymes: -ɒmpə(r)

romp +‎ -er

romper (plural rompers)

1. Someone who romps or frolics.
2. (nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy; see also straggler.

Short for romper suit.

romper (plural rompers)

1. A onesie.

From Romper Room, name of a children's television series. See romp.

romper (third-person singular simple present rompers, present participle rompering, simple past and past participle rompered)

1. (Ireland, historical, transitive) To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered.

From English romper, from English romper suit. In folk etymology, the word is linked with Dutch romp (“torso”).

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• Rhymes: -ɔmpər

romper m (plural rompers, diminutive rompertje n)

1. a one-piece garment for an infant or small child; a onesie or romper
2. an adult loungewear jumpsuit; a onesie or romper

For the baby version, the dimunitive rompertje is often used.

• rompe

From Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō.

romper

1. to break

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

From Old Portuguese romper, from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō, from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁõ.ˈpeɾ/
• Hyphenation: rom‧per

romper (first-person singular present indicative rompo, past participle rompido)

1. to break

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:romper.

• corromper
• roçar
• roto
• rotura

From Old Spanish romper, from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō, from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

• Cognate with French rompre, Italian rompere

• IPA^(key): /romˈpeɾ/, [rõmˈpeɾ]

romper (first-person singular present rompo, first-person singular preterite rompí, past participle roto)

1. to break

   romper el hechizo

   break the spell

2. to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.)

   Mariana rompió con ella.

   Mariana broke up with her.

   Mariana y Catalina rompieron.

   Mariana and Catalina broke up.

3. (with a) to begin to do something

   romper a conducir

   to start driving

• Irregular in the past participle. Rompido is nonstandard.

• despedazar, destrozar - crush
• destruir, derribar, derrumbar
• arruinar
• quebrar
• (begin): comenzar, empezar