kaputtmachen

(trennb., hat -ge-) umg.

I v/t break; heftig: (Teller etc.) auch smash; (Kleider, Gerät, Reifen etc.) ruin; fig. (Person) destroy; (Ehe) wreck; WIRTS. (Betrieb) put out of business, ruin; der ganze Stress macht ihn noch kaputt all this stress will finish him off (oder will be the death of him)

II v/refl: sich (bei etw.) kaputtmachen wear o.s. out (oder kill o.s.) (doing s.th.)

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to damage

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ka|pụtt|ma|chen sep (inf, fig)

1. vt

to ruin; (= erschöpfen) jdn to wear out, to knacker (Brit inf)

diese ewigen Sorgen/die Kinder machen mich kaputt — these never-ending worries/the children will be the death of me (inf)

2. vr

(= sich überanstrengen) to wear oneself out, to run oneself into the ground (inf), to knacker oneself (Brit inf)

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ka·putt|ma·chen

I. vt (fam)

1. (zerstören)

▪ [jdm] etw \kaputtmachen (Gerät, Auto) to break [sb's] sth; (Kleidungsstück, Möbelstück) to ruin [sb's] sth; (Geschirr) to smash [sb's] sth

2. (ruinieren)

▪ etw/jdn \kaputtmachen to ruin sth/sb

3. (erschöpfen)

▪ jdn \kaputtmachen to wear sb out

II. vr (fam: sich verschleißen)

▪ sich akk [mit etw dat] \kaputtmachen to wear oneself out [or sl knacker oneself] [with sth], to slog oneself into the ground fam

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1.

(ugs.) transitives Verb break <watch, spectacles, plate, etc.>; spoil <something made with effort>; ruin <clothes, furniture, etc.>; burst <balloon>; drive <business, company> to the wall; destroy <political party>; finish <person> off

2.

reflexives Verb wear oneself out

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kaputtmachen (trennb, hat -ge-) umg

A. v/t → kaputt 1

B. v/r:

sich (bei etwas) kaputtmachen wear o.s. out (oder kill o.s.) (doing sth)

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1.

(ugs.) transitives Verb break <watch, spectacles, plate, etc.>; spoil <something made with effort>; ruin <clothes, furniture, etc.>; burst <balloon>; drive <business, company> to the wall; destroy <political party>; finish <person> off

2.

reflexives Verb wear oneself out