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make or brake

Spanish translation: logros o fracasos/ año crucial/ punto de inflexión/ momento decisivo


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English term or phrase:make or break
Spanish translation:logros o fracasos/ año crucial/ punto de inflexión/ momento decisivo
Entered by: Cecilia Della Croce
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15:23 Oct 8, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / idioms, expressions
English term or phrase: make or brake
2005 has been called the "make or brake" year....
Carolyn Dorrell
Local time: 00:15
logros o fracasos
Explanation:
la expresión es make or break as far as I know y tiene que ver con un punto de inflexión, un momento decisivo en donde algo se encamina al éxito o se lo da por muerto
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Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 01:15
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2año decisivo
celiacp
5 +1año crucial
Ana Brassara
4prueba y error
Francisco Rocha
4logros o fracasos
Cecilia Della Croce


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logros o fracasos


Explanation:
la expresión es make or break as far as I know y tiene que ver con un punto de inflexión, un momento decisivo en donde algo se encamina al éxito o se lo da por muerto

Cecilia Della Croce
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año decisivo


Explanation:
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celiacp
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agree  Politi: creo que también ees "make or break" ver http:// www.proz.com/kudoz/259001
5 mins
  -> gracias !!, como make or break lo he escuchado yo también

agree  Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington: Eso es lo que realmente significa. Lo logra o no.
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  -> gracias !!
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año crucial


Explanation:
crucial
adj. Decisivo, fundamental: un acontecimiento crucial.

diom: make or break something or someone

To be the crucial test that brings it or them either success or failure. See also make-or-break.
Example: The takeover will either make or break the company

http://www.allwords.com/word-make or break something or some...

Ana Brassara
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agree  xxx------
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prueba y error


Explanation:
si la pregunta es make or brEAK, es prueba y error, si la pregunta es make or brAKE, puede ser un año de "producción o estancamiento"

Francisco Rocha
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