No. 4,286 in Swedish
spräckte
"Spräckte" means "cracked" or "burst" in English.
In a sentence
Jag spräckte glaset när jag tappade det.
I cracked the glass when I dropped it.
Here, 'spräckte' signifies the act of causing something fragile like glass to crack or break due to physical force.
Hon spräckte tystnaden med sitt skratt.
She shattered the silence with her laughter.
In this sentence, 'spräckte' is used metaphorically to mean breaking an intangible state, such as silence.
Bilen spräckte målsnöret i racerbanan.
The car broke the finish line tape at the racetrack.
Here, 'spräckte' refers to physically passing through and breaking an object, illustrating a literal interaction.
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