romper

• Rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)

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.

Ellipsis of romper suit.

romper (plural rompers)

1. A onesie.
   • 2021 May 4, Ruth La Ferla, “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”

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.
   • 2003, Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict.

     James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔm.pər/

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• Hyphenation: rom‧per
• 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.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese romper (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō.

• IPA^(key): [romˈpeɾ]

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to break

   Synonyms: britar, crebar

2. (intransitive, of the day) to dawn

   Synonym: abrir

• “romper” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “romper” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “romper” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “romper” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “romper” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• 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, from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

• Hyphenation: rom‧per

romper (first-person singular present rompo, first-person singular preterite rompi, past participle rompido, short past participle (Brazil only) roto)

1. to break

For quotations using this term, see Citations:romper.

• corromper
• roçar
• roto
• rotura

From Old Spanish romper, from Latin rumpere, 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]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: rom‧per

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

1. to break

   Synonyms: despedazar, destrozar, destruir, derribar, derrumbar, arruinar, quebrar

   romper el hechizo ― break the spell

   se me ha roto el móvil ― my mobile phone broke

   Rómpase la cabeza con ilusiones ópticas.

   Rack your brain with optical illusions.

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

   Synonyms: comenzar, empezar

   romper a conducir ― to start driving

• → Belizean Creole: rompeh raaheh

• “romper”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014